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Student Journalism

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?






2. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?






3. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?






4. Most information is not known about individuals in the group. Everything about a person is unknown until you have a conversation. To a great extent - each person controls information about themselves.






5. Quotes should contain?






6. What makes a good lead?






7. What should be used in place of adjectives?






8. What is a nut graph?






9. What can students not print in a paper?






10. Each quote should begin...






11. What is the most read part of a newspaper?






12. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?






13. What makes a good story from a bad story?






14. Are facts or stories more important?






15. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.






16. What is a follow up question?

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17. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?






18. What program do I use to view photos?






19. What is the correct use of principal and percent?






20. Supreme Court case that stated that students do not lose their freedom of speech rights in high school. Mary Beth tinker wore black arm bands to protest the Vietnam War.






21. What leads do you want to avoid?






22. Information is free and available to others. Some information is always open information - like a person's name - where they live - where they work - or their family. People make inferences based on this information - although not in proportion to ot






23. What are the 5 Ws and H






24. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?






25. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?






26. What is the journalist's code?

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27. What is a sidebar?






28. What is the rule of thirds?






29. What is the first question of an interview?






30. What is GQ STUDD?






31. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?






32. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?






33. What does the T tool do in InDesign?






34. How do you size a photo in InDesign?






35. What are the four codes for journalists?






36. Who should lead a high school paper?






37. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?






38. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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39. How is something determined to be slander or libel - as opposed to the exercising of freedom of speech?

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40. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?






41. What obvious words should be avoided in a school newspaper?

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42. What is an infographic?






43. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.






44. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?






45. How many sources must a story have?






46. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?






47. What first - second or third person words be avoided in journalistic stories?

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48. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?






49. Where do you go for help in legal situations?






50. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?