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Student Journalism

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Quotes should contain?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
A guide
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

2. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Tinker vs Des Moines

3. What should be used in place of adjectives?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
200
Specific Nouns and Verbs

4. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?
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
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
something the person can change.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'

5. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?
Adobe Bridge
Being too broad or generalizing.
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits

6. When designing a page what element comes first?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Never in news stories.
Dominant graphic or headline

7. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'

8. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Three or more

9. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
Never in news stories.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
720 or 1080

10. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
A connection to City High or a local angle.
A transition
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.

11. 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.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
$1.5 million or $2500
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Closed Groups

12. How many sources must a story have?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Three or more
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.

13. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?
one sentence
16-year-old
200
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.

14. What are the four codes for journalists?
Dominant graphic or headline
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
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.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable

15. Why are many high school papers not read?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Open Groups
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

16. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Three or more
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)

17. What should be the focus almost every story?
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
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.
People or a single person

18. 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
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
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
Report accurate facts and quotes.

19. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
The First Amendment protection
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)

20. What is GQ STUDD?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
The green box

21. What do high school students not lose when entering school?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
$1.5 million or $2500
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.

22. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
something the person can change.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
200
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

23. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Window - Text Wrap
When the number is under ten.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir

24. What is a sidebar?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.

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

26. 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.
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
Window - Text Wrap
The First Amendment protection
Specific Nouns and Verbs

27. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
200
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Data
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

28. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
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!
The First Amendment protection
Click on share and type in an email address.

29. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Sue you for defamation
Report accurate facts and quotes.
$1.5 million or $2500

30. What is an infographic?
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
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
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.

31. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
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
A guide
Open Groups
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!

32. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Being too broad or generalizing.
Dominant graphic or headline

33. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
something the person can change.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
How do you spell your name?

34. What is the first question of an interview?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
How do you spell your name?
Dominant graphic or headline

35. Should you use a question in a lead?
How do you spell your name?
Once in your life.
title/name/said
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.

36. 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
Public Forum
one sentence
No - unless it needs clarification.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.

37. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
200
Open Groups
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
720 or 1080

38. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
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
A new paragraph
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.

39. What is the journalist's code?

40. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
something the person can change.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Click on share and type in an email address.

41. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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

43. Who should lead a high school paper?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Never in news stories.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.

44. What is the rule of thirds?
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
The First Amendment protection
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
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

45. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Why - How - Who
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.

46. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.

47. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
$1.5 million or $2500
Yes or No Questions
300

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

49. Information is free and available to others. Some information is always open information - like a person's name - where they live - where they work - or their family. People make inferences based on this information - although not in proportion to ot
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Three or more
A transition
Open Groups

50. What program do I use to view photos?
How do you spell your name?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Adobe Bridge