Student Journalism

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 or No Questions
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Tinker vs Des Moines
Date or Place Leads


2. Every quote needs what before it?
A new paragraph
June 24 or March 30
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
A transition


3. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Never write directly to the reader.


4. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
Closed Groups
title/name/said
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Very short


5. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
one sentence
No - unless it needs clarification.
300
200


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

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7. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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8. What are the 5 Ws and H
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Never in news stories.


9. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
Never write directly to the reader.
something the person can change.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
The green box


10. What is a sidebar?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.


11. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Window - Text Wrap
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
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


12. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
A guide


13. What first - second or third person words be avoided in journalistic stories?

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14. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
Tinker vs Des Moines
one sentence
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!
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'


15. What is the rule of thirds?
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
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
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
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


16. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Dominant graphic or headline
Window - Text Wrap


17. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
200


18. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
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
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Yes or No Questions


19. 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
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Open Groups
No - unless it needs clarification.
Public Forum


20. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
How do you spell your name?
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
When the number is under ten.


21. What is a nut graph?
Data
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.


22. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI


23. How many sources must a story have?
720 or 1080
People or a single person
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Three or more


24. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
Closed Groups
300
Why - How - Who
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box


25. What can students not print in a paper?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.


26. Should you use 'you' in a story?
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Never write directly to the reader.
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.


27. 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
June 24 or March 30
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement


28. Why are many high school papers not read?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Yes or No Questions
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes


29. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Data
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.


30. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
one sentence
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
No - unless it needs clarification.


31. What should be used in place of adjectives?
Three or more
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Specific Nouns and Verbs


32. Feedback should be...
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Never in news stories.
something the person can change.


33. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Click on share and type in an email address.
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
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict


34. What is the first question of an interview?
How do you spell your name?
Once in your life.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
one sentence


35. Each quote should begin...
Once in your life.
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 new paragraph
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.


36. What is GQ STUDD?
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
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


37. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?
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
Very short
Their rights to Freedom of Speech


38. What should be the focus almost every story?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
People or a single person
Read - read - and read some more.


39. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Three or more
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Open Groups
Concision


40. What is the journalist's code?

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41. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
720 or 1080


42. When designing a page what element comes first?
When the number is under ten.
A transition
Dominant graphic or headline
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'


43. Are facts or stories more important?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
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
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!


44. Who should lead a high school paper?
The green box
Public Forum
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
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45. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
A guide
one sentence
$1.5 million or $2500


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

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47. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Being too broad or generalizing.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Once in your life.
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.


48. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
16-year-old
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Adobe Bridge


49. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Why - How - Who
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm


50. What are the four codes for journalists?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
title/name/said
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail