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Student Journalism
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
Three or more
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
A guide
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
2. 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.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Closed Groups
Open Groups
Specific Nouns and Verbs
3. Should you use a question in a lead?
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
16-year-old
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Once in your life.
4. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?
one sentence
Open Groups
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
5. What are the 5 Ws and H
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
200
Date or Place Leads
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
6. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
7. What makes a good story from a bad story?
title/name/said
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Dominant graphic or headline
8. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Adobe Bridge
9. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
Never write directly to the reader.
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 connection to City High or a local angle.
Closed Groups
10. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
720 or 1080
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Why - How - Who
A guide
11. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
Being too broad or generalizing.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
The First Amendment protection
12. What is the rule of thirds?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
720 or 1080
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
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
13. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
14. What should be the focus almost every story?
People or a single person
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
15. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
No - unless it needs clarification.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
16. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
The green box
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
17. What first - second or third person words be avoided in journalistic stories?
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18. A.P. Style stands for...
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Yes or No Questions
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Tinker vs Des Moines
19. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
A guide
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
20. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Three or more
Concision
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
720 or 1080
21. Feedback should be...
something the person can change.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
22. Are facts or stories more important?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
23. When should numbers be spelled out?
Public Forum
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
When the number is under ten.
24. Every quote needs what before it?
A transition
300
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
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
25. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
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!
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
26. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
Three or more
Data
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!
Never in news stories.
27. What is the golden quote?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Data
Window - Text Wrap
28. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
720 or 1080
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
29. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Sue you for defamation
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
30. What do all great writers do everyday?
Window - Text Wrap
Once in your life.
Read - read - and read some more.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
31. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Sue you for defamation
300
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
32. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
200
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
33. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?
Being too broad or generalizing.
When the number is under ten.
Read - read - and read some more.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
34. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
A new paragraph
Yes or No Questions
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
35. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?
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36. What obvious words should be avoided in a school newspaper?
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37. What words that are not very specific should never be used in transitions?
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38. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
The green box
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Never write directly to the reader.
39. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
300
40. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?
Open Groups
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
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Closed Groups
41. 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
Being too broad or generalizing.
Public Forum
A new paragraph
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
42. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Window - Text Wrap
Public Forum
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
43. Quotes should contain?
16-year-old
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Three or more
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
44. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Data
$1.5 million or $2500
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Adobe Bridge
45. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
A new paragraph
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Very short
300
46. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
something the person can change.
Click on share and type in an email address.
Sue you for defamation
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
47. What program do I use to view photos?
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
Adobe Bridge
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
48. What is the journalist's code?
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49. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
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
title/name/said
Public Forum
50. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
People or a single person
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
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent