yearbook
1. List the elements of a good caption.
a. Attention Getter — A picture title.
b. Basic Info — Present tense. Identifies all in photo and gives 5 W’s and H.
c. Complimentary Info — Past tense. Takes reader beyond moment of photo.
d. Direct Quote — Interesting. Not just facts.
2. What is another name for a feature story?
Human interest stories
3. List three qualities of a feature story.
a. Timelessness
b. Creative style
c. Unlimited subject possibilities
4. List four types of feature stories.
a. Personality profile
b. Human interest story
c. News feature
d. Sports feature
5. What is an angle?
The approach the reporter or writer takes to narrow the story subject.
6. What is a lead?
The beginning/intro of a journalism story.
7. Good reporting is 80% interviewing. What does this mean?
(No answer is written on the sheet.)
8. List five common interviewing problems.
a. Failure to define/state the purpose
b. Lack of preparation
c. Failure to probe behind for the answer
d. Vagueness
e. Carelessness in appearance
9. List six different types of questions and give their definition.
a. Icebreaker — Create rapport
b. Filter — Establish respondent’s qualification
c. Basic — Get basic info
d. Explanation — To give reason behind the previous answer
e. Justification — To question established ideas
f. Suggestive — To introduce an idea by someone else
10. How do you create your angle?
Find the most interesting material
What readers want to read about
What has the best support/quotes
11. What was Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier about? Who won the case?
Students had written about student pregnancy and divorce. The principal thought it was inappropriate for a high school paper. Hazelwood won.
12. What was Bethel vs. Fraser about? Who won the case?
A Washington high school senior gave a speech with sexual innuendos. Fraser won.
13. What was Tinker vs. Des Moines about? Who won the case?
It was a result of the punishment of students within the Des Moines Independent Community School for wearing black armbands during war to protest the Vietnam War.
14. What is libel?
Printed communication.
15. What is obscenity?
To be legally obscene.
16. List seven composition elements that can make a photo interesting.
a. Is unposed
b. Avoids the “I know I’m getting my picture taken” grin
c. Catches action, emotion, or both
d. Tells a story
e. Is candid
f. Tells the frame
g. The pose is tightly cropped
17. Correct the mistakes in the following passage for a yearbook story. This is the first time the source is introduced in the story.
Original:
“Mrs. Schory unfairly exclaimed, ‘It is absolutely ridiculous that we can’t fit 9 english teachers and twenty-seven biology teachers in the hallways at seven PM!’”
-should shat Schory said