Design Rules
Newspaper Article Format
Law/Ethics
Miscellaneous
Photography Rules
100

This is the type of color printing that uses the method of mixing colors and is best used for photographic reproductions.

What is Process Color?

100

These two things go below a photo.

What are a photo credit and photo caption?

100

This court case was also known as the "armband" case? 

What is Tinker vs. DeMoines

100

This section of a newspaper or magazine deals with articles about people and events and tend to be longer than straight news articles. 

What is the Features Section?

100

This is the camera setting that adjusts the depth of field in a photograph. 

What is Aperture?

200

Too much of this will make the page look empty. Too little will make it look crowded.

What is Whitespace?

200
You use this when you need more information than can fit in the headline.

What is a subheadline?

200

The First Amendment of the Constitution ensures these five freedoms. 

What is Freedom of Speech, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Religion.

200

This is an independent, non-profit organization that works to promote, support, and defend the First Amendment and press freedom rights of high school and college journalists and their Advisors. 

What is SPLC? 

200

If I want to take a picture of a person riding a bicycle, I want more of this type of space in the photo to give us a sense of the direction the bike is moving. 

What is Lead Room?

300

This is the type of color printing that uses the method of mixing colors and is best used for photographic reproductions.

What is Process Color?

300

This is the official name for the introductory paragraph of an article.

What is the Lead? 

300

These are legal protections that allow journalists to keep their sources confidential, promoting press freedom and encouraging the flow of information.

What are Shield Laws?

300

This is what happens if newspaper staff discover an article that has been published that includes evidence of plagiarism, unethical research methods, or unreliable information.

What is Retraction? 

300

This is the most important camera setting to adjust when taking a picture of a moving object. 

What is Shutter Speed? 

400

What are the 5 principles of design?

What are proximity, whitespace, alignment, contrast and repetition?

400

Every article needs at least one of these.

What is a Headline?

400

This court case is a landmark Supreme Court case that established the authority of public school officials to censor student speech in school-sponsored publications. 

What is Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier. 

400

This gives stories credibility and perspective and protects the writer from plagiarism. 

What is Attribution.

400

This is a composition technique in photography and visual arts that use lines to guide the viewer's eye through an image.

What is Leading Lines? 

500

This is a line of text included on each page of the newspaper. It typically contains the name of the publication, the publication date, and the page of the newspaper. 

What is a Folio?

500

This is how long an article should be.

What is between 200 and 500 words?

500

These are laws that protect original works of authorship, granting exclusive rights to creators and promoting the progress of science and the arts.

What is Copyright Law?

500

These are the four components of ethical journalism according to the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics.

What are Seek Truth and Report It, Minimize Harm, Act Independently, and Be Accountable?

500

This type of alignment is used while taking photos to make sure the objects in the picture are positioned in a visually pleasing way.

What is the rule of thirds?

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