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Student Journalism

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1. What is the journalist's code?
When the number is under ten.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Never write directly to the reader.

2. What is a Twitter feed?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.

3. What should be the focus almost every story?
Adobe Bridge
People or a single person
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!

4. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
one sentence
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
A guide
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

5. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Window - Text Wrap

6. What is the first question of an interview?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
How do you spell your name?
June 24 or March 30

7. What makes a good lead?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
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
A connection to City High or a local angle.

8. When should numbers be spelled out?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
When the number is under ten.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm

9. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Once in your life.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!

10. 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.
A transition
16-year-old
The First Amendment protection
A guide

11. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Very short
People or a single person
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
$1.5 million or $2500

12. What is a follow up question?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act

13. A.P. Style stands for...
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Yes or No Questions
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.

14. Feedback should be...
title/name/said
June 24 or March 30
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
something the person can change.

15. Should you use a question in a lead?
Open Groups
People or a single person
Once in your life.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.

16. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Being too broad or generalizing.
People or a single person
Public Forum
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.

17. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
Read - read - and read some more.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
A connection to City High or a local angle.

18. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Never in news stories.

19. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Concision
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Why - How - Who
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.

20. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
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.
Closed Groups
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm

21. What program do I use to view photos?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Adobe Bridge
200
Window - Text Wrap

22. 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
A new paragraph
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
When the number is under ten.

23. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
How do you spell your name?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
title/name/said

24. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
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
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
People or a single person
Report accurate facts and quotes.

25. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
The First Amendment protection
720 or 1080

26. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Being too broad or generalizing.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Read - read - and read some more.

27. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Never write directly to the reader.
Public Forum
200
Closed Groups

28. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
16-year-old
June 24 or March 30
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

29. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?
200
A new paragraph
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
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm

30. 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
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Public Forum
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.

31. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
16-year-old
A new paragraph
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Open Groups

32. What are the four codes for journalists?
Adobe Bridge
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.

33. Where do commas go when using quotes?
Dominant graphic or headline
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.

34. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Once in your life.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
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.

35. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
People or a single person
Three or more

36. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
$1.5 million or $2500
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!

37. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
Data
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits

38. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Date or Place Leads

39. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?
Open Groups
Read - read - and read some more.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
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.

40. What advantage do high school journalists have to get into events?
Why - How - Who
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
something the person can change.

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.
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.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
720 or 1080
Tinker vs Des Moines

42. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
Data
Being too broad or generalizing.
Why - How - Who
The green box

43. What first - second or third person words be avoided in journalistic stories?
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
When the number is under ten.

44. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
720 or 1080
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Very short
Yes or No Questions

45. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Open Groups
720 or 1080
Why - How - Who
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

46. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Never in news stories.
A guide
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.

47. What is convergence?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Very short
Tinker vs Des Moines
How do you spell your name?

48. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Window - Text Wrap
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

49. What words that are not very specific should never be used in transitions?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
No - unless it needs clarification.

50. 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
Never write directly to the reader.
Open Groups
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Specific Nouns and Verbs

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