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Student Journalism
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journalism-and-media
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. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Yes or No Questions
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
2. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Date or Place Leads
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
3. 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.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
The First Amendment protection
200
4. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
$1.5 million or $2500
300
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
5. Should you use a question in a lead?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
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!
Once in your life.
Adobe Bridge
6. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Being too broad or generalizing.
A new paragraph
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
7. Who should lead a high school paper?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Dominant graphic or headline
8. Supreme Court case that stated that students do not lose their freedom of speech rights in high school. Mary Beth tinker wore black arm bands to protest the Vietnam War.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Tinker vs Des Moines
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
9. What is the first question of an interview?
How do you spell your name?
Data
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
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
10. When designing a page what element comes first?
Dominant graphic or headline
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
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
11. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Why - How - Who
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
12. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
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.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
13. What is a nut graph?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
one sentence
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
14. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
Public Forum
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
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
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
15. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
The green box
16. Quotes should contain?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Tinker vs Des Moines
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
17. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
16-year-old
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
$1.5 million or $2500
18. What is a Twitter feed?
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
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
The First Amendment protection
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
19. Every quote needs what before it?
A transition
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
20. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
720 or 1080
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Yes or No Questions
21. What obvious words should be avoided in a school newspaper?
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22. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?
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23. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
720 or 1080
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Concision
24. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
300
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
25. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
26. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
200
Three or more
Specific Nouns and Verbs
People or a single person
27. Where do commas go when using quotes?
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28. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
June 24 or March 30
$1.5 million or $2500
16-year-old
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
29. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
When the number is under ten.
720 or 1080
Data
30. Are facts or stories more important?
Window - Text Wrap
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
31. What is the journalist's code?
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32. What should be used in place of adjectives?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
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.
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
33. What words that are not very specific should never be used in transitions?
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34. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
$1.5 million or $2500
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
The green box
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
35. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
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!
36. How is something determined to be slander or libel - as opposed to the exercising of freedom of speech?
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37. Why are many high school papers not read?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
16-year-old
38. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
No - unless it needs clarification.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Sue you for defamation
39. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Never in news stories.
40. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
Once in your life.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
$1.5 million or $2500
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
41. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
A guide
Very short
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
42. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Window - Text Wrap
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
43. 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
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
44. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
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!
200
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
45. Feedback should be...
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
Adobe Bridge
something the person can change.
46. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
A transition
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
16-year-old
47. Each quote should begin...
A new paragraph
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Open Groups
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
48. What are the four codes for journalists?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
49. What is an infographic?
Sue you for defamation
Adobe Bridge
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
50. 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
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Adobe Bridge
The First Amendment protection
Public Forum