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Student Journalism

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?






2. What does the opinion section of the paper do?






3. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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4. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?






5. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?






6. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?






7. When designing a page what element comes first?






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






9. What can students not print in a paper?






10. 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






11. What do high school students not lose when entering school?






12. What is a sidebar?






13. 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.






14. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?

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






16. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?






17. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?






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






19. Should you use the name of the school or current year?






20. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?






21. What advantage do high school journalists have to get into events?

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22. What makes a good lead?






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






24. What is GQ STUDD?






25. What is the golden quote?






26. What should be used in place of adjectives?






27. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?






28. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?






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

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30. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?






31. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?






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






33. How do you get text to wrap around an object?






34. Should you use 'you' in a story?






35. When should numbers be spelled out?






36. How do you size a photo in InDesign?






37. Why are many high school papers not read?






38. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?






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

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40. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?






41. What is convergence?






42. What is a nut graph?






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






44. What is the first question of an interview?






45. Quotes should contain?






46. What is a Twitter feed?






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






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






49. Prohibits the Congress from making laws 'respecting an establishment of religion' - prohibiting the free exercise of religion - infringing on the freedom of speech and infringing on the freedom of the press.






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