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Student Journalism

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?






2. 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.






3. Should you use a question in a lead?






4. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?






5. What are the 5 Ws and H






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






7. What makes a good story from a bad story?






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






9. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?






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






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






12. What is the rule of thirds?






13. What should be avoided in direct quotes?






14. What should be the focus almost every story?






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






16. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?






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

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18. A.P. Style stands for...






19. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?






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






21. Feedback should be...






22. Are facts or stories more important?






23. When should numbers be spelled out?






24. Every quote needs what before it?






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






26. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?






27. What is the golden quote?






28. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?






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






30. What do all great writers do everyday?






31. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.






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






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






34. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?






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

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

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

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






39. How do you size a photo in InDesign?






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






41. 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






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






43. Quotes should contain?






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






45. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?






46. How do you share a GoogleDoc?






47. What program do I use to view photos?






48. What is the journalist's code?

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49. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?






50. What is the correct use of principal and percent?