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. What is an infographic?
Why - How - Who
Read - read - and read some more.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement


2. What should be the focus almost every story?
People or a single person
Yes or No Questions
Never write directly to the reader.
Adobe Bridge


3. When should numbers be spelled out?
When the number is under ten.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
The First Amendment protection


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

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5. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
title/name/said


6. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
one sentence
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize


7. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
A guide
A new paragraph
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
720 or 1080


8. What is the first question of an interview?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
How do you spell your name?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
No - unless it needs clarification.


9. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Closed Groups
Never in news stories.
200


10. 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.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
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


11. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
something the person can change.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.


12. Are facts or stories more important?
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!
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.


13. What is a follow up question?

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14. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Never in news stories.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes


15. What is convergence?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
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.
When the number is under ten.
Dominant graphic or headline


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

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17. What do all great writers do everyday?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
one sentence
Read - read - and read some more.
Three or more


18. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Read - read - and read some more.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Window - Text Wrap
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir


19. What is the journalist's code?

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20. Should you use 'you' in a story?
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Never write directly to the reader.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.


21. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
720 or 1080
Concision
Open Groups


22. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
No - unless it needs clarification.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Adobe Bridge


23. A.P. Style stands for...
Being too broad or generalizing.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!


24. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Read - read - and read some more.


25. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech


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

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27. 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
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Once in your life.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir


28. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
16-year-old
Never write directly to the reader.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box


29. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Yes or No Questions
Never write directly to the reader.
Very short
Data


30. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?
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.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Why - How - Who
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail


31. Quotes should contain?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
People or a single person
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.


32. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
something the person can change.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
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 is GQ STUDD?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Being too broad or generalizing.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Data


34. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
How do you spell your name?
The green box
Never write directly to the reader.


35. 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.
Why - How - Who
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally


36. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Once in your life.


37. What can students not print in a paper?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Concision
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The


38. What is a Twitter feed?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Being too broad or generalizing.


39. What are the 5 Ws and H
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Public Forum
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.


40. Feedback should be...
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
something the person can change.
People or a single person
Their rights to Freedom of Speech


41. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm


42. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
No - unless it needs clarification.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
When the number is under ten.


43. What do high school students not lose when entering school?
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Yes or No Questions
Never in news stories.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech


44. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Read - read - and read some more.
Open Groups
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
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.


45. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Sue you for defamation


46. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
something the person can change.
Yes or No Questions
300
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.


47. 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 question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Public Forum
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement


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

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

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50. 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
Very short
When the number is under ten.
Sue you for defamation