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Student Journalism

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
Never in news stories.
How do you spell your name?
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Public Forum

2. What is a follow up question?

3. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
Date or Place Leads
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Closed Groups
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.

4. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
Concision
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
720 or 1080

5. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Open Groups
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
$1.5 million or $2500

6. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Never in news stories.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Public Forum

7. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
A guide
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!

8. 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.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Window - Text Wrap
Tinker vs Des Moines
June 24 or March 30

9. 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.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Closed Groups
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
A new paragraph

10. When should numbers be spelled out?
Click on share and type in an email address.
When the number is under ten.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Concision

11. 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
16-year-old
300
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

12. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?
Dominant graphic or headline
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Why - How - Who
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.

13. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
300
The First Amendment protection

14. What is a nut graph?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
The green box
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.

15. What are the four codes for journalists?
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Closed Groups
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable

16. Every quote needs what before it?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
A transition
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

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

18. What is the golden quote?
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
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
Sue you for defamation

19. What leads do you want to avoid?
Open Groups
The green box
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Date or Place Leads

20. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.

21. What is GQ STUDD?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Never write directly to the reader.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.

22. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
16-year-old
Sue you for defamation
Read - read - and read some more.
300

23. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Report accurate facts and quotes.

24. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?
Being too broad or generalizing.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Window - Text Wrap

25. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
200
Dominant graphic or headline
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.

26. Should you use a question in a lead?
No - unless it needs clarification.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Once in your life.

27. What makes a good lead?
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
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
Once in your life.

28. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
$1.5 million or $2500

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

30. What is convergence?
Read - read - and read some more.
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail

31. When designing a page what element comes first?
Dominant graphic or headline
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict

32. What should be the focus almost every story?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
People or a single person
A transition
$1.5 million or $2500

33. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Open Groups
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
No - unless it needs clarification.

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

35. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Tinker vs Des Moines
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
June 24 or March 30

36. Should you use 'you' in a story?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Never write directly to the reader.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict

37. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
June 24 or March 30
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.

38. What do all great writers do everyday?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
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
Read - read - and read some more.

39. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Very short
No - unless it needs clarification.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Being too broad or generalizing.

40. Each quote should begin...
Click on share and type in an email address.
Public Forum
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
A new paragraph

41. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Closed Groups
Never write directly to the reader.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

42. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!

43. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
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
The green box

44. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
title/name/said
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Concision
300

45. What is a Twitter feed?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
How do you spell your name?
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize

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

47. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.

48. 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
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail

49. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

50. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Concision