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Student Journalism

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?






2. What do all great writers do everyday?






3. How is something determined to be slander or libel - as opposed to the exercising of freedom of speech?


4. What are the 5 Ws and H






5. How do you share a GoogleDoc?






6. Should you use 'you' in a story?






7. What is an infographic?






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






9. How many sources must a story have?






10. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?






11. Why are many high school papers not read?






12. 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.






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






14. Where do commas go when using quotes?


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






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






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






18. When designing a page what element comes first?






19. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?






20. What is a Twitter feed?






21. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?






22. What do high school students not lose when entering school?






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






24. What is convergence?






25. Where do you go for help in legal situations?






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






27. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?






28. 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






29. Are facts or stories more important?






30. What is the rule of thirds?






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


32. What is the golden quote?






33. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?






34. 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.






35. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?






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






37. Who should lead a high school paper?






38. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?






39. What leads do you want to avoid?






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


41. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?






42. 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






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






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


45. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?






46. Should you use the name of the school or current year?






47. What is the first question of an interview?






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






49. How do you size a photo in InDesign?






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