Student Journalism

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Who should lead a high school paper?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
200
The green box


2. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Window - Text Wrap
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
A connection to City High or a local angle.


3. When should numbers be spelled out?
When the number is under ten.
Never write directly to the reader.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
How do you spell your name?


4. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
720 or 1080
The green box
No - unless it needs clarification.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.


5. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
People or a single person
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.


6. When designing a page what element comes first?
Dominant graphic or headline
People or a single person
Very short
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent


7. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
Never in news stories.
$1.5 million or $2500
When the number is under ten.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'


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

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9. Each quote should begin...
$1.5 million or $2500
A new paragraph
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.


10. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Never in news stories.
Very short
something the person can change.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent


11. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
Data
A new paragraph
16-year-old
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'


12. Should you use a question in a lead?
Once in your life.
Why - How - Who
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.


13. What is a sidebar?
Yes or No Questions
Never in news stories.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Closed Groups


14. 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
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Report accurate facts and quotes.
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


15. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!


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

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17. What program do I use to view photos?
Open Groups
Adobe Bridge
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
How do you spell your name?


18. How many sources must a story have?
title/name/said
Sue you for defamation
A transition
Three or more


19. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
300
Adobe Bridge
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!
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict


20. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
200
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Three or more


21. What are the four codes for journalists?
Read - read - and read some more.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally


22. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
720 or 1080
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
A guide
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The


23. Are facts or stories more important?
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
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement


24. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
$1.5 million or $2500
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
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
200


25. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Being too broad or generalizing.
How do you spell your name?
Data


26. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
A guide


27. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
300
A transition
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Concision


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

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29. Why are many high school papers not read?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
The green box
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
When the number is under ten.


30. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
720 or 1080
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.


31. Every quote needs what before it?
A transition
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.


32. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
Concision
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
title/name/said


33. What is the golden quote?
something the person can change.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.


34. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
Three or more
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Closed Groups


35. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
720 or 1080
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Specific Nouns and Verbs


36. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Read - read - and read some more.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box


37. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
No - unless it needs clarification.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class


38. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Very short
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Public Forum
A new paragraph


39. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir


40. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Concision
Once in your life.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.


41. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
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
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech


42. What is the journalist's code?

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43. Should you use 'you' in a story?
Never write directly to the reader.
title/name/said
Click on share and type in an email address.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits


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

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45. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
Date or Place Leads
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Click on share and type in an email address.


46. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Dominant graphic or headline


47. What do all great writers do everyday?
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!
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Read - read - and read some more.
Three or more


48. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Open Groups
Data


49. What is convergence?
A transition
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
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.


50. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
Never write directly to the reader.
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
Why - How - Who