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Student Journalism

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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2. 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.






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






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

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5. What is a Twitter feed?






6. What is the journalist's code?

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7. What are the four codes for journalists?






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






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

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10. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?






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






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






13. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?






14. What can students not print in a paper?






15. Who should lead a high school paper?






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






17. How do you share a GoogleDoc?






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






19. What is the golden quote?






20. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?






21. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?






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






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






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






25. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?






26. Are facts or stories more important?






27. What should be avoided in direct quotes?






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






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






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






31. 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






32. What is a follow up question?

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33. What leads do you want to avoid?






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






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






36. 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






37. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?






38. What is a sidebar?






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






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






41. What do all great writers do everyday?






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






43. How do you size a photo in InDesign?






44. What does the T tool do in InDesign?






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






46. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?






47. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?






48. What is convergence?






49. Should you use a question in a lead?






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