Running list of questions and prompts and things you “gotta know”:
Define journalism and
explain its Latin root.
Describe America's first newspaper.
Name America's oldest continuous newspaper.
Name America's largest circulated newspaper.
What are the five protections listed in the First Amendments?
What are a high schooler's First Amendment
rights?
What was the Tinker Case? Its ruling was...?
What was the Hazelwood ruling?
What is a headline and how should it read?
What is a byline?
What
is a cutline and how should it read?
What is muckraking? Very briefly describe its history (Do the same for yellow
journalism).
What is plagiarism? How can it be avoided in news writing?
Explain why the inverted-pyramid writing
format was invented and why is it still used today.
What is the difference between a regular news article and a feature
article?
What does op/ed stand for?
How are op/eds different from other articles?
Where do op/eds
normally appear?
What is a column piece?
What three different meanings does the term lead have in newspaper
journalism jargon?
What are slander and libel?
How is journalism inherently biased?
Why is objectivity
so highly esteemed within journalism?
How do newspapers get $ to operate?
What must a journalist do when an
interviewee says "off the record"?
What is the difference between a paraphrase and a quote?
What should a
journalist do when an interviewee uses poor grammar or foul language?
When do journalists insert [ ] (brackets) within
their writings?
List the phases for conducting a good interview.
What should a Spartan Shield journalist say
when an interviewee asks, "May I read your rough draft before it goes to print?"?
What is TSS rule for copyrighting?
What must a TSS journalist do before submitting a TSS article to the TSS Webpage?
Define these terms as they relate to journalism and be preapred to orally share your findings: prior restraint, composite
character, tabular material, slangauge, readability formula, summary lead
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