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Student Journalism
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Who should lead a high school paper?
Closed Groups
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
The First Amendment protection
A transition
2. When should numbers be spelled out?
When the number is under ten.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
The green box
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
3. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?
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!
A guide
Why - How - Who
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
4. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
No - unless it needs clarification.
The green box
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
5. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Sue you for defamation
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
6. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
Adobe Bridge
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Public Forum
7. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
title/name/said
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
something the person can change.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
8. What is the rule of thirds?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
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
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
9. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
$1.5 million or $2500
Being too broad or generalizing.
10. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Very short
$1.5 million or $2500
title/name/said
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
11. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?
June 24 or March 30
People or a single person
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
12. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
title/name/said
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
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!
Window - Text Wrap
13. 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
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Very short
Data
14. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
A transition
Never in news stories.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
15. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
16-year-old
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
16. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
title/name/said
Once in your life.
Concision
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
17. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
A new paragraph
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
200
18. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
19. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
Click on share and type in an email address.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Sue you for defamation
Data
20. 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
No - unless it needs clarification.
Being too broad or generalizing.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
21. Each quote should begin...
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
A new paragraph
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
22. 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
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Public Forum
The green box
200
23. 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.
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!
Closed Groups
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Date or Place Leads
24. 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.
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
Tinker vs Des Moines
something the person can change.
How do you spell your name?
25. Should you use 'you' in a story?
Never write directly to the reader.
Never in news stories.
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
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
26. Are facts or stories more important?
one sentence
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
27. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Never in news stories.
June 24 or March 30
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
28. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?
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29. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
720 or 1080
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Yes or No Questions
30. What can students not print in a paper?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
A new paragraph
31. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Sue you for defamation
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Data
32. What are the four codes for journalists?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Concision
33. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Read - read - and read some more.
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
34. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
200
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
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!
A connection to City High or a local angle.
35. What is a nut graph?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
36. What is the first question of an interview?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Read - read - and read some more.
How do you spell your name?
Date or Place Leads
37. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
No - unless it needs clarification.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
38. How is something determined to be slander or libel - as opposed to the exercising of freedom of speech?
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39. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
720 or 1080
40. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Sue you for defamation
Window - Text Wrap
41. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
A new paragraph
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
A guide
42. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
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
Very short
Being too broad or generalizing.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
43. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
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
44. What do all great writers do everyday?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Read - read - and read some more.
Date or Place Leads
45. What first - second or third person words be avoided in journalistic stories?
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46. What is a follow up question?
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47. What program do I use to view photos?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
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
People or a single person
Adobe Bridge
48. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
49. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
title/name/said
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
720 or 1080
50. What words that are not very specific should never be used in transitions?
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