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Student Journalism

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1. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
720 or 1080
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Click on share and type in an email address.

2. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Date or Place Leads
The green box
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

3. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Window - Text Wrap
Adobe Bridge
Being too broad or generalizing.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

4. How many sources must a story have?
Date or Place Leads
one sentence
Three or more
720 or 1080

5. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Report accurate facts and quotes.
200
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
No - unless it needs clarification.

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

7. 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.
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
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Date or Place Leads
Tinker vs Des Moines

8. What leads do you want to avoid?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Once in your life.
Date or Place Leads
A new paragraph

9. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Why - How - Who
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
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.

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

11. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Why - How - Who
720 or 1080
$1.5 million or $2500

12. When should numbers be spelled out?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
A guide
When the number is under ten.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable

13. What is the rule of thirds?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
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
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Closed Groups

14. What is an infographic?
Tinker vs Des Moines
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
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 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

15. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Being too broad or generalizing.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
The green box

16. What is convergence?
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
title/name/said
Yes or No Questions

17. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
The green box
Being too broad or generalizing.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally

18. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Being too broad or generalizing.
Never write directly to the reader.

19. 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
Closed Groups
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN

20. When designing a page what element comes first?
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
Dominant graphic or headline
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch

21. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
The First Amendment protection
Report accurate facts and quotes.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Window - Text Wrap

22. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
Why - How - Who
The green box
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Never write directly to the reader.

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

24. What is the journalist's code?

25. 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.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Closed Groups
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir

26. What should be used in place of adjectives?
Public Forum
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement

27. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
Public Forum
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
200

28. What is a Twitter feed?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict

29. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Never in news stories.

30. Where do commas go when using quotes?

31. 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
200
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir

32. Every quote needs what before it?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
A transition
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits

33. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
How do you spell your name?

34. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
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 connection to City High or a local angle.

35. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Three or more
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
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

36. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
Never in news stories.
A new paragraph
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Three or more

37. What makes a good lead?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
720 or 1080
A guide

38. 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
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Open Groups

39. What is a follow up question?

40. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
A guide
Very short
Public Forum

41. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
People or a single person

42. 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 graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
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
Public Forum

43. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Very short
The First Amendment protection
Once in your life.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!

44. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
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

45. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Tinker vs Des Moines
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement

46. What is the first question of an interview?
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Dominant graphic or headline
How do you spell your name?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.

47. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
Click on share and type in an email address.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.

48. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
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
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
June 24 or March 30

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

50. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?
Sue you for defamation
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Data
June 24 or March 30