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Student Journalism
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is GQ STUDD?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
2. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
June 24 or March 30
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
3. What should be the focus almost every story?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Yes - and occasionally they are. In such cases the individual reporter and the editor could be held legally responsible. Court decisions indicate that a school which does not control the content of a student publication may be protected from liabilit
one sentence
People or a single person
4. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
The green box
5. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
6. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Report accurate facts and quotes.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Click on share and type in an email address.
7. What is a follow up question?
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8. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
No - unless it needs clarification.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Never in news stories.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
9. Should you use a question in a lead?
Click on share and type in an email address.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
200
Once in your life.
10. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
A guide
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
11. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
12. Why are many high school papers not read?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Sue you for defamation
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
something the person can change.
13. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
A transition
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
14. What program do I use to view photos?
title/name/said
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Adobe Bridge
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
15. How is something determined to be slander or libel - as opposed to the exercising of freedom of speech?
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16. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?
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17. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
June 24 or March 30
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Window - Text Wrap
Journalism students do better because they are better writers - better critical thinkers - score higher on AP tests - build their resumes - and work well with others to get the job done!
18. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
300
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Data
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
19. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
Dominant graphic or headline
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
720 or 1080
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
20. What is the first question of an interview?
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
How do you spell your name?
In most cases - only when you have obtained the permission of the copyright holder. Each of these works is protected by copyright law - which means others can use them only if they have obtained permission. Publishing a credit line does not take the
21. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
In most cases - only when you have obtained the permission of the copyright holder. Each of these works is protected by copyright law - which means others can use them only if they have obtained permission. Publishing a credit line does not take the
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
People or a single person
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
22. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Tinker vs Des Moines
23. Who should lead a high school paper?
People or a single person
A guide
Yes - in some cases. Courts have recognized that students' choice of clothing can communicate certain messages and ideas - ranging from their stance on political and social issues to their social standing or religious beliefs.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
24. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Open Groups
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Sue you for defamation
Window - Text Wrap
25. Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier - the 1988 U.S. Supreme Court decision - gave public high school officials greater authority to censor some school-sponsored student publications if they chose to do so. But the ruling doesn't apply to publicati
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Window - Text Wrap
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
26. What first - second or third person words be avoided in journalistic stories?
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27. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
The green box
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
28. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Window - Text Wrap
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
The First Amendment protection
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
29. A.P. Style stands for...
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Adobe Bridge
The First Amendment protection
Specific Nouns and Verbs
30. What leads do you want to avoid?
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Date or Place Leads
In most cases - only when you have obtained the permission of the copyright holder. Each of these works is protected by copyright law - which means others can use them only if they have obtained permission. Publishing a credit line does not take the
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
31. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?
Date or Place Leads
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
In most cases - only when you have obtained the permission of the copyright holder. Each of these works is protected by copyright law - which means others can use them only if they have obtained permission. Publishing a credit line does not take the
200
32. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
300
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
When the number is under ten.
33. What are the 5 Ws and H
Yes - and occasionally they are. In such cases the individual reporter and the editor could be held legally responsible. Court decisions indicate that a school which does not control the content of a student publication may be protected from liabilit
300
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
34. What makes a good lead?
720 or 1080
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Concision
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
35. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
200
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
36. When designing a page what element comes first?
$1.5 million or $2500
Dominant graphic or headline
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
37. What do all great writers do everyday?
A compositional rule of thumb in visual arts such as painting - photography and design.[1] The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines
Read - read - and read some more.
Once in your life.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
38. When should numbers be spelled out?
When the number is under ten.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
39. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
Three or more
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
40. Are facts or stories more important?
Yes or No Questions
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Window - Text Wrap
The First Amendment protection
41. What is a Twitter feed?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Three or more
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
42. What is an infographic?
Never in news stories.
Date or Place Leads
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
The concept of libel/slander - both of which are referred to as 'defamation -' can be somewhat complex. But in general - all speech is presumed to be protected by the First Amendment with very narrowly-drawn exceptions. One of those exceptions involv
43. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
A transition
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
44. Where do commas go when using quotes?
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45. What are the four codes for journalists?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Data
Why - How - Who
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
46. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
something the person can change.
The First Amendment protection
47. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Data
16-year-old
48. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Click on share and type in an email address.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Being too broad or generalizing.
49. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Never in news stories.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
The First Amendment protection
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
50. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
A new paragraph
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Yes or No Questions
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement