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Student Journalism

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

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2. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?






3. Should you use a question in a lead?






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






5. 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






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






7. How many sources must a story have?






8. When designing a page what element comes first?






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






10. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?






11. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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12. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?






13. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?






14. What makes a good lead?






15. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?






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






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






18. Each quote should begin...






19. Feedback should be...






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






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






22. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?






23. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?






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






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






26. A.P. Style stands for...






27. 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






28. What are the four codes for journalists?






29. What is the rule of thirds?






30. What should be used in place of adjectives?






31. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?






32. What is convergence?






33. What are the 5 Ws and H






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

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35. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?






36. When should numbers be spelled out?






37. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?






38. What is the journalist's code?

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

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40. What should be avoided in direct quotes?






41. What leads do you want to avoid?






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

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43. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.






44. What do all great writers do everyday?






45. How do you share a GoogleDoc?






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






47. What is the first question of an interview?






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






49. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?






50. What should be the focus almost every story?







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