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Student Journalism

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Click on share and type in an email address.

2. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
$1.5 million or $2500
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'

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

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4. What should be used in place of adjectives?
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Very short
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Specific Nouns and Verbs

5. Should you use 'you' in a story?
Never write directly to the reader.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
300

6. Feedback should be...
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
June 24 or March 30
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
something the person can change.

7. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
Why - How - Who
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
A guide
Closed Groups

8. What is a Twitter feed?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Sue you for defamation
Adobe Bridge
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.

9. What are the four codes for journalists?
Window - Text Wrap
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable

10. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Adobe Bridge
Three or more
Concision
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

11. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.

12. 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.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Closed Groups
one sentence
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

13. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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14. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Never in news stories.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Never write directly to the reader.

15. What makes a good story from a bad story?
A transition
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
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.

16. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
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
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
16-year-old

17. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
A transition
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Yes or No Questions

18. How many sources must a story have?
Three or more
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
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

19. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Date or Place Leads
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Their rights to Freedom of Speech

20. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
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.
Public Forum

21. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
How do you spell your name?
Data
Click on share and type in an email address.

22. Are facts or stories more important?
Very short
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
No - unless it needs clarification.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.

23. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
Never write directly to the reader.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
No - unless it needs clarification.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.

24. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
16-year-old
Yes or No Questions
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

25. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
one sentence
16-year-old
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
A transition

26. What is convergence?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Why - How - Who

27. Every quote needs what before it?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
A transition
People or a single person
Report accurate facts and quotes.

28. Each quote should begin...
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
A new paragraph
A transition

29. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
300
Window - Text Wrap
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Date or Place Leads

30. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
300
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.

31. What is an infographic?
Dominant graphic or headline
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'

32. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
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!
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent

33. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
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
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
200
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm

34. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict

35. When designing a page what element comes first?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
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
Dominant graphic or headline

36. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
No - unless it needs clarification.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
A transition
Window - Text Wrap

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

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38. What is the rule of thirds?
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
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
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
No - unless it needs clarification.

39. What do all great writers do everyday?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Read - read - and read some more.

40. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Data
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
title/name/said

41. A.P. Style stands for...
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

42. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Why - How - Who
Date or Place Leads
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

43. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Once in your life.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class

44. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
Never write directly to the reader.
Once in your life.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

45. Who should lead a high school paper?
720 or 1080
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

46. Quotes should contain?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)

47. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
The First Amendment protection
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
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
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.

48. What do high school students not lose when entering school?
Why - How - Who
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!

49. What can students not print in a paper?
A guide
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.

50. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
$1.5 million or $2500
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.