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. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Never write directly to the reader.
A new paragraph
720 or 1080


2. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.


3. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
16-year-old
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits


4. 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.
People or a single person
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Closed Groups
A new paragraph


5. Quotes should contain?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act


6. What makes a good lead?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
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
Data


7. What should be used in place of adjectives?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Specific Nouns and Verbs
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent


8. What is a nut graph?
How do you spell your name?
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
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!


9. What can students not print in a paper?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Yes or No Questions
Why - How - Who
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.


10. Each quote should begin...
720 or 1080
A new paragraph
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Yes or No Questions


11. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
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


12. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
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!
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.


13. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
one sentence
A transition


14. Are facts or stories more important?
People or a single person
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
When the number is under ten.


15. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
People or a single person
Concision
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The


16. What is a follow up question?

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17. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Closed Groups


18. What program do I use to view photos?
Never write directly to the reader.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Adobe Bridge
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!


19. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
A guide
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'


20. 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.
Tinker vs Des Moines
When the number is under ten.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Click on share and type in an email address.


21. What leads do you want to avoid?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
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
Date or Place Leads
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.


22. 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
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Open Groups
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
something the person can change.


23. What are the 5 Ws and H
Data
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'


24. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Why - How - Who
The green box


25. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
$1.5 million or $2500
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
Tinker vs Des Moines
Never in news stories.


26. What is the journalist's code?

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27. What is a sidebar?
Concision
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.


28. What is the rule of thirds?
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
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch


29. What is the first question of an interview?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
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
How do you spell your name?
A guide


30. What is GQ STUDD?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict


31. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
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
The First Amendment protection
Very short
Date or Place Leads


32. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
16-year-old


33. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!


34. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
No - unless it needs clarification.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail


35. What are the four codes for journalists?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Never write directly to the reader.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act


36. Who should lead a high school paper?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Date or Place Leads


37. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
Sue you for defamation
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch


38. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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

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40. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
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.
$1.5 million or $2500
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict


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

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42. What is an infographic?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.


43. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Data
Date or Place Leads


44. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
A guide


45. How many sources must a story have?
Three or more
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
People or a single person


46. 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
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Being too broad or generalizing.


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

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48. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Yes or No Questions
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Very short


49. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Public Forum


50. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Yes or No Questions
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.