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Student Journalism

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

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2. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
$1.5 million or $2500
Read - read - and read some more.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits

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

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4. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Window - Text Wrap
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

5. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Once in your life.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
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

6. What is the journalist's code?

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7. What is the golden quote?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Yes or No Questions
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.

8. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
one sentence
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.

9. 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
Tinker vs Des Moines
Public Forum
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
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.

10. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Never write directly to the reader.

11. When should numbers be spelled out?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Concision
When the number is under ten.
The green box

12. What are the 5 Ws and H
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.

13. What program do I use to view photos?
Public Forum
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Adobe Bridge

14. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Tinker vs Des Moines
one sentence
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.

15. 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
200
No - unless it needs clarification.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir

16. What is the first question of an interview?
Window - Text Wrap
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
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.

17. A.P. Style stands for...
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.

18. 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.
No - unless it needs clarification.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
The First Amendment protection

19. What do high school students not lose when entering school?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
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
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Why - How - Who

20. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
A new paragraph
Being too broad or generalizing.
Never in news stories.

21. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
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
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
$1.5 million or $2500

22. Each quote should begin...
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
A new paragraph
Data
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.

23. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
A guide
The green box
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
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!

24. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
something the person can change.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
720 or 1080

25. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Concision
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
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!

26. Why are many high school papers not read?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
June 24 or March 30
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Closed Groups

27. Quotes should contain?
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
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.

28. What do all great writers do everyday?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Data
Read - read - and read some more.

29. Every quote needs what before it?
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.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
A transition

30. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
Yes or No Questions
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
720 or 1080

31. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable

32. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
Read - read - and read some more.
A guide
one sentence
300

33. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

34. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Never write directly to the reader.

35. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
A new paragraph
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
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

36. What is an infographic?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Window - Text Wrap
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.

37. When designing a page what element comes first?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Dominant graphic or headline

38. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Concision
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
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

39. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
A transition
Open Groups

40. What is convergence?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act

41. What can students not print in a paper?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Sue you for defamation
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.

42. 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.
Window - Text Wrap
Closed Groups
Data
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

43. What is a sidebar?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
16-year-old
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Yes or No Questions

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

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45. Feedback should be...
something the person can change.
one sentence
Why - How - Who
16-year-old

46. What makes a good lead?
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement

47. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
A guide
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'

48. What should be the focus almost every story?
Dominant graphic or headline
Sue you for defamation
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
People or a single person

49. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
Public Forum
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Sue you for defamation
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN

50. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
16-year-old
When the number is under ten.
one sentence
Tinker vs Des Moines