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Student Journalism

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
something the person can change.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.

2. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
Dominant graphic or headline
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
title/name/said
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.

3. How many sources must a story have?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Three or more
300

4. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Never write directly to the reader.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Open Groups

5. Should you use a question in a lead?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
No - unless it needs clarification.
Once in your life.

6. Every quote needs what before it?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
A transition
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Dominant graphic or headline

7. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
A connection to City High or a local angle.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The

8. Each quote should begin...
Being too broad or generalizing.
A new paragraph
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act

9. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Very short
300

10. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
When the number is under ten.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

11. What is a nut graph?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.

12. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
200
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
one sentence

13. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Never in news stories.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
The First Amendment protection
one sentence

14. 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
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.

15. Should you use 'you' in a story?
When the number is under ten.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Never write directly to the reader.

16. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Concision
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Three or more

17. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
title/name/said
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Sue you for defamation
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

18. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
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
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict

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

20. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
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
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict

21. What is a follow up question?

22. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
Yes or No Questions
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Being too broad or generalizing.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class

23. What do all great writers do everyday?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
one sentence
Read - read - and read some more.
title/name/said

24. What leads do you want to avoid?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
title/name/said
one sentence
Date or Place Leads

25. What program do I use to view photos?
Click on share and type in an email address.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Adobe Bridge
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.

26. 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
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Public Forum
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
A guide

27. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
The First Amendment protection
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
one sentence

28. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Dominant graphic or headline
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Concision

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

30. 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
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Never write directly to the reader.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The

31. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
The green box
Open Groups
Read - read - and read some more.
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.

32. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Data
Very short
200
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

33. When designing a page what element comes first?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Dominant graphic or headline
Adobe Bridge
Sue you for defamation

34. A.P. Style stands for...
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
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Open Groups
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally

35. Why are many high school papers not read?
The green box
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Read - read - and read some more.

36. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Public Forum
Open Groups
16-year-old

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

38. What are the 5 Ws and H
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Specific Nouns and Verbs
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN

39. What is convergence?
Window - Text Wrap
Being too broad or generalizing.
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
When the number is under ten.

40. Are facts or stories more important?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
A guide
title/name/said

41. What do high school students not lose when entering school?
When the number is under ten.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
The green box
Why - How - Who

42. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Sue you for defamation
Never in news stories.
Yes or No Questions

43. What is GQ STUDD?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
How do you spell your name?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.

44. What is the first question of an interview?
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Yes or No Questions
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
How do you spell your name?

45. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
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.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

46. Who should lead a high school paper?
Read - read - and read some more.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
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
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail

47. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
720 or 1080

48. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act

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
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
Yes or No Questions
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Open Groups

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