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Journalism Writing and Reporting Final
Semester Exam Review
46
Writing
9th Grade
12/17/2009

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According to AP Style, which would be correct upon first reference? Coach Boyd Manne or Mr. Manne
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Coach Boyd Manne
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Upon second reference, according to AP Style, which would be correct? Coach Allen or Allen
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Allen
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According to AP Style, which would be correct for first reference? STUCO or Student Council (STUCO)
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Student Council (STUCO)
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Which is correct? LHS or L.H.S
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LHS
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According to AP style, which would be correct? Members are Senior Robert Aider, Juniors Tiffany Bender and Jimmy Zimemrman or Members are Senior Robert Aider, Juniors Jimmy Zimmerman, and Tiffany Bender
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The first one
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AP STYLE: Alum Ryan Bueckendorf or Ryan Bueckendorf, Class of 2008
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Ryan Bueckendorf, Class of 2008
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Would you capitalize "fall play"?
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yes
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Would you capitalize b.a. or bachelor of the arts?
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b.a.
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Would you capitalize "freshman class" or "freshman Dinah Soar"?
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Freshman Class
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Would you capitalize "world history" or "I like history"?
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World History
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Would you capitalize a.m. or p.m.?
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no
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Would you capitalize "200-meter butterfly"?
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no
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#1 on PLE Review
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religion, press, assembly, speech, petition
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#2 PLE Review
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libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, national security, substantial disruption
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#3 PLE Review
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publication(made public), identification(individual is clearly identified), injury(defamatory), fault(must present actual malice)
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#4 PLE Review
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actual malice
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malice
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knowingly printing a lie, repeating a known libel, reckless disregard for the truth, personal ill will
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public figure
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someone who gives up private life voluntarily or involuntarily and is in the public eye even for a short period of time
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public figure
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individuals elected/appointed to gvt. positions
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Three primary defenses of libel
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truth, privilege, fair comment
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Secondary defenses for libel
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retraction and apology, settlment, reply, proof of previous bad reputation, reliance on a usually reliable source
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obscenity
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1) does the average person using hhis or her own community standardds find the work as a whole obscene?
2) Does the work in questioin depict or describe in a patently offensive way sexual conduct or situations defined by state law
3) Does the work as a whole lack serious literarly, artistic, political, or scientificvalue?
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Which type of invasion of privacy does statement describe? trespassing, secret surveillance, misrepresentation
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intrusion
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What types of invasion of privacy are there?
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intrusion, appropriation, false light, private or embarassing information
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Which type of invasion of privacy does this statement describe? unauthorized use of someon's name, likeness to endorse something
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appropriation
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Which type of invasion of privacy does each statement describe? publicizing personal details about someone (unrelated to the story) that might cause the person distress
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private or embarassing information
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copyright
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right of author to control use of creative expressions which have been fixed in tangible form (literary, graphic, photographic, audio-visual, and musical)
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What law says you can use copy writed works in small amounts if:
1) work is informational rather than fictional
2) copyrighted workis published already
3) small amounts are used
4) new use doesn't decrease potential market for expression
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Fair Use Doctrine
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Tinker v. Des Moines (know basic problem, what court found and why, longterm results)
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U.S. Supreme COurt recognizes that First Amendment protects on-campus student speech, decided almost four decades ago, Tinker decision still cited in almost every legal opinion involving sutdent speech rights
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Bethel v. Fraser (know basic problem, what court found and why, longterm results)
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US Supreme court distinguishes between political speech as in Tinker and speech that is part of the school program, court reezamines issue of student expression in schools and finds certain limits on expression are permitted by First Amencment)
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Hazelwoodv. Kulmeier (know basic problem, what court found and why, longterm results)
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Supremem court addresses question it had never been specifically answered before: What First Amendment protection do high school students have when they are working on school sponsored publications?, case significantly reduced level of First amendment protection to most school, sponsored student media at the high school level
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Dean v. Utica
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the one with the toxic cancer causing fumes, no supreme court ruling, good journalism prevails
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Morse v. Frederick
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Bong Hits for Jesus, guilty
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What is the SPJ Code of Ehics? Why was it established?
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a code of ethics used to help high school journalists out, to help high school journalists out
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When faced with an ethical dilemna, what questions should reporters or editors ask themselves?
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Is this the mountain I want to die on?
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What do cutlines tell a reader?
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cutlines tell the reader who, what, where, when, why, and how as it relates to the picture
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What are the parts of a cutline?
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The Lead-in, 1st sentence, 2nd + sentence(s)
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leadin...
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could be a graphic device (i.e. initial cap, bold letters, symbol, line) or mini-headline that introdcuces pic and grabs reader attention
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1st sentence of a caption
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1) answer the important questions first: who, what, when, where in full detail--- must be researched
2) written in present tense
3) Identify the people/actionn of pic
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The second sentence in a caption
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1) answer add'l questions: why/how
2) provide info that is not obvious (BKGD.)
3) may include a quote or "fun fact"
4) written in past tense
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Dos of cutline writing
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1) identify all people ppictured (up to 5)
consider the actio before and during the photo and reaction to the event
keep content factual
interview sources to get info just like you would fore a story
use a variety of sentence patterns and starters
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Don'ts of cutline writing
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don't use labels for lead-ins (Basketall)
avoid excessive use of ing words as starters
avoid passsive verbus such as is, are, was, were
don't pad cutline to make it longer
never use "gag' captions
don't comment, question, or talk to the pictuer
don't identify year in school in yearbook cutlines
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Smitty's seven deadly sins of cutline writing
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start with a name
pictured here, shown above
seems to, appears to, attempts to
"This year " or "at Lafayette"
some one "looks on"
"poses for/smiles" any reference to posing or smiling
"works hhard" "works diligently"
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direct lead or summary lead
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is usually one sentence, but sometimes two, it answers immediately in 25 words ore less the main questions of who, what, when and where. It is the workhorse of daily journalism, used at the tho of most stories
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steps of writning an effective lead
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1) collect all the facts.
2) sum it up, boil it down.
3) prioritize 5Ws adn H
4) rethink, revise, rewrite
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when should you use indirect quotes
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for factual information
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