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Student Journalism

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
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!
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The

2. What should be the focus almost every story?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
People or a single person

3. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Yes or No Questions
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Never in news stories.
200

4. Feedback should be...
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Window - Text Wrap
Adobe Bridge
something the person can change.

5. A.P. Style stands for...
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
The First Amendment protection

6. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

7. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
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
People or a single person

8. 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
Public Forum
Dominant graphic or headline
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!

9. What is a sidebar?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.

10. What is a follow up question?

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

12. 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.
The First Amendment protection
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Tinker vs Des Moines
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

13. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
Yes or No Questions
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
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.

14. 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
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
A new paragraph
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!

15. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Why - How - Who
Being too broad or generalizing.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Public Forum

16. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Never write directly to the reader.
300
Sue you for defamation

17. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
something the person can change.
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Yes or No Questions

18. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
one sentence
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
The First Amendment protection

19. What are the 5 Ws and H
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
16-year-old
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class

20. What is the golden quote?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
16-year-old
A new paragraph

21. What is the first question of an interview?
How do you spell your name?
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

22. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
No - unless it needs clarification.

23. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
Three or more
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Data

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

25. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
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
Concision
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.

26. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
16-year-old
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
How do you spell your name?

27. What makes a good lead?
Open Groups
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Once in your life.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement

28. 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.
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
Tinker vs Des Moines
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Date or Place Leads

29. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
title/name/said
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.

30. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
A transition
Concision
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.

31. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
No - unless it needs clarification.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
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

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

33. Quotes should contain?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Click on share and type in an email address.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class

34. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
Click on share and type in an email address.
A transition
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.

35. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
16-year-old
Public Forum

36. What is the rule of thirds?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
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
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!

37. What can students not print in a paper?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
A guide
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

38. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Concision
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
A new paragraph

39. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
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 group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.

40. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
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!
Why - How - Who

41. When designing a page what element comes first?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Data
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Dominant graphic or headline

42. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Date or Place Leads
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.

43. How many sources must a story have?
16-year-old
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
Three or more
People or a single person

44. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Yes or No Questions

45. 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.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Closed Groups
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally

46. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
A guide
People or a single person
When the number is under ten.

47. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
Data
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
Dominant graphic or headline
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'

48. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
June 24 or March 30

49. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Concision
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Being too broad or generalizing.

50. 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
When the number is under ten.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
something the person can change.