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

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2. Should you use a question in a lead?






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






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






5. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?






6. What words that are not very specific should never be used in transitions?

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7. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?






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






9. What is the worst word of high school journalism?






10. How many sources must a story have?






11. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?






12. What do all great writers do everyday?






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






14. Every quote needs what before it?






15. What is GQ STUDD?






16. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?






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






18. Quotes should contain?






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






20. What can students not print in a paper?






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






22. What is the first question of an interview?






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






24. What is a nut graph?






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






26. What program do I use to view photos?






27. A student publication is a public forum for student expression when school officials have given student editors the authority to make their own content decisions. A school can do that either through an official policy or by allowing a publication to






28. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?






29. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?






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

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






32. What should be avoided in direct quotes?






33. What is the golden quote?






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

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35. What is the rule of thirds?






36. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?






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






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






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

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40. What is a Twitter feed?






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






42. 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






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






44. When should numbers be spelled out?






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






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






47. Who should lead a high school paper?






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






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






50. What leads do you want to avoid?