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Student Journalism

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.






2. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?






3. What is an infographic?






4. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.






5. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?






6. What makes a good lead?






7. How do you get text to wrap around an object?






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

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9. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?






10. Are facts or stories more important?






11. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?






12. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?






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

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14. What are the four codes for journalists?






15. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?






16. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?






17. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?






18. What is the most read part of a newspaper?






19. Should you use a question in a lead?






20. When should numbers be spelled out?






21. What is a sidebar?






22. 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






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

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

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25. How many sources must a story have?






26. What is the journalist's code?

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27. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?






28. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?






29. What is the worst word of high school journalism?






30. What is the correct use of principal and percent?






31. Why are many high school papers not read?






32. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?






33. Where do you go for help in legal situations?






34. How do you share a GoogleDoc?






35. 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






36. Should you use 'you' in a story?






37. What is a Twitter feed?






38. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?






39. Every quote needs what before it?






40. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?






41. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?






42. What program do I use to view photos?






43. Quotes should contain?






44. 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






45. 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.






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

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47. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?






48. What is a nut graph?






49. 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.






50. Feedback should be...