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Student Journalism

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Open Groups
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
The green box
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

2. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
one sentence
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Three or more
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.

3. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Very short
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm

4. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Click on share and type in an email address.

5. When designing a page what element comes first?
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
$1.5 million or $2500
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Dominant graphic or headline

6. Quotes should contain?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Sue you for defamation

7. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?
June 24 or March 30
200
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
$1.5 million or $2500

8. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
title/name/said
Specific Nouns and Verbs
June 24 or March 30

9. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Yes or No Questions
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm

10. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
something the person can change.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!

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

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12. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Data
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

13. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
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
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Adobe Bridge

14. Why are many high school papers not read?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Three or more
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

15. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
Report accurate facts and quotes.
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
720 or 1080
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail

16. 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.
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Closed Groups
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.

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

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18. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?
200
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Data

19. What do all great writers do everyday?
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Window - Text Wrap
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.

20. Each quote should begin...
Very short
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
A new paragraph
one sentence

21. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
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
300
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.

22. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Closed Groups

23. Should you use 'you' in a story?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Never write directly to the reader.
June 24 or March 30

24. When should numbers be spelled out?
When the number is under ten.
something the person can change.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.

25. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
The First Amendment protection
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
A guide

26. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
When the number is under ten.
Sue you for defamation
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!
Once in your life.

27. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Read - read - and read some more.
Once in your life.
Never in news stories.

28. What can students not print in a paper?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

29. Are facts or stories more important?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

30. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
one sentence
The First Amendment protection
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable

31. What should be the focus almost every story?
People or a single person
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.

32. 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
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Data
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Public Forum

33. Every quote needs what before it?
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.
A transition
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
A new paragraph

34. What is a nut graph?
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
Why - How - Who
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

35. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.

36. What is convergence?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.

37. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Dominant graphic or headline
one sentence
720 or 1080

38. What makes a good story from a bad story?
June 24 or March 30
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
A guide
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits

39. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
something the person can change.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
300

40. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
720 or 1080
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.

41. 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.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Concision
Tinker vs Des Moines

42. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Date or Place Leads
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
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
Closed Groups

43. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Open Groups
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Concision
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.

44. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.

45. What is an infographic?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.

46. What should be used in place of adjectives?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.

47. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
$1.5 million or $2500

48. What is the journalist's code?

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49. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
Concision
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.

50. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Public Forum
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
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
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI