Jobs at a Newspaper
Parts of a Newspaper
Classmates & Interns
PCC I
Real News
100
The person who finds out facts about a story and then writes the story for the newspaper.
What is a reporter?
100
An ad that appears in the classified or "want ad" section of the newspaper.
What is a classified ad?
100
This student has a secret persona as Batman. (Shhh!)
Who is Katie Muldoon?
100
What colors were last year's lanyards?
What is purple and silver/grey?
100
This is where the 2012 Summer Olympics is being held.
Where is London?
200
The person who edits news stories and writes headlines. (A specific kind of editor)
What is a copy editor?
200
A vertical division of the layout that helps give structure to the pages. (Hint: we had 5 of them on 1 page)
What is a column?
200
This student recently celebrated his/her birthday on July 24th.
Who is Emily Matthews?
200
The full name of the place where the dances are held.
What is the Merkert Gymnasium?
200
This is the movie that was playing in an Auroro, CO theater when a masked man came in and shot and killed 12 people.
What is Batman: The Dark Knight Rises?
300
The person who writes a regular column giving a personal opinion.
What is an columnist/editorialist?
300
Explains what is happening in a photograph or illustration.
What is a cutline or caption?
300
This student came to PCC years ago and won many superlatives in their PCC yearbook.
Who is Biff Ford?
300
The oldest continuous used song at PCC.
What is "Where the Roads Come Together?"
300
The TOTAL number of medals that Michael Phelps won in the three Olympics he participated in.
What is 22 medals?
400
A person who decides what stories will be covered, assigns reporters to stories, improves the stories that reporters write, and decides where the stories will appear in the newspaper.
What is an editor?
400
The name of the newspaper as it appears at the top of the front page.
What is the flag/logo?
400
This proctor sleeps with a video game controller instead of a teddy bear.
Who is Ms. Palmer?
400
For how many years has PCC existed?
What is 46 years?
400
Ray Allen went to what rival basketball team?
Who are the Miami Heat?
500
Name at least three newspaper sections that have its own editor.
What is: news, opinion, sports, features, entertainment, etc.
500
The date and page number that appears at the top of each newspaper page.
What is a folio line?
500
This proctor does his/her own oil changes and tune-ups.
Who is Mr. Walsh?
500
This staff member had both Mr. Walsh and Ms. Palmer in class when they were students at PCC.
Who is Mr. Burt?
500
These two men will be running against each other in the 2012 November Presidential election>
Who are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney?
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