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Student Journalism
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 are the four codes for journalists?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
720 or 1080
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
2. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
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
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
3. A.P. Style stands for...
A guide
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
4. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Open Groups
5. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Dominant graphic or headline
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
200
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
6. Quotes should contain?
Concision
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
7. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Very short
8. What advantage do high school journalists have to get into events?
9. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
Once in your life.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Date or Place Leads
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
10. What leads do you want to avoid?
The First Amendment protection
Closed Groups
Date or Place Leads
Why - How - Who
11. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
720 or 1080
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
A transition
12. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
Never in news stories.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
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!
A transition
13. What first - second or third person words be avoided in journalistic stories?
14. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
A guide
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
How do you spell your name?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
15. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
The First Amendment protection
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Data
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
16. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Read - read - and read some more.
Being too broad or generalizing.
$1.5 million or $2500
17. What is GQ STUDD?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
A connection to City High or a local angle.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
18. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Very short
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.
June 24 or March 30
19. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
The green box
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
20. Are facts or stories more important?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
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.
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
21. What is a sidebar?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
22. Should you use a question in a lead?
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Once in your life.
Data
23. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
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.
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.
24. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
Click on share and type in an email address.
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Dominant graphic or headline
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
25. Should you use 'you' in a story?
Yes or No Questions
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Never write directly to the reader.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
26. What makes a good lead?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
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
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Concision
27. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Tinker vs Des Moines
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
28. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?
one sentence
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Being too broad or generalizing.
29. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
A new paragraph
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
30. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Yes or No Questions
Never in news stories.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
31. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Date or Place Leads
Never in news stories.
Concision
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
32. 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
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
How do you spell your name?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
33. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Concision
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Being too broad or generalizing.
Sue you for defamation
34. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
300
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
35. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
Never write directly to the reader.
Why - How - Who
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Report accurate facts and quotes.
36. Each quote should begin...
A new paragraph
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
37. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Sue you for defamation
38. How many sources must a story have?
Three or more
When the number is under ten.
The green box
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
39. 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
Open Groups
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
The green box
A guide
40. What is the golden quote?
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
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.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
41. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
$1.5 million or $2500
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
42. Every quote needs what before it?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
A transition
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Dominant graphic or headline
43. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
720 or 1080
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
$1.5 million or $2500
44. What program do I use to view photos?
Never write directly to the reader.
A transition
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Adobe Bridge
45. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Once in your life.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
something the person can change.
46. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
16-year-old
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
A transition
47. When designing a page what element comes first?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Three or more
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Dominant graphic or headline
48. Why are many high school papers not read?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Specific Nouns and Verbs
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
49. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
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
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
50. 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
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent