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1. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?






2. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?






3. How do you get text to wrap around an object?






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






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






6. What is the most read part of a newspaper?






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






8. Every quote needs what before it?






9. What is the first question of an interview?






10. What can students not print in a paper?






11. How is something determined to be slander or libel - as opposed to the exercising of freedom of speech?

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12. Should you use a question in a lead?






13. Who should lead a high school paper?






14. What is convergence?






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






16. How do you size a photo in InDesign?






17. 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






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






19. 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.






20. What is the journalist's code?

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21. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?






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






23. 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.






24. Each quote should begin...






25. What is a Twitter feed?






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






27. 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






28. What is an infographic?






29. Should you use the name of the school or current year?






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

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31. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?






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






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






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






35. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?






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

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37. How do you share a GoogleDoc?






38. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?






39. What leads do you want to avoid?






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






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

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42. What should be avoided in direct quotes?






43. What is the golden quote?






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

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






46. Feedback should be...






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






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






49. What is a nut graph?






50. Quotes should contain?






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