Writing
AP Style
OSU History
Editing, law and jargon
Black journalism
history
100

The use of any parts of another's writing and passing it off as your own.

What is plagiarism?

100

True or False: Commas go outside quotation marks 

TRUE

100

This is the name of the magazine that is catered to Ohio State's Black community.

What is BlackxBold?

100

Manipulate the lens of a camera to create the appearance of moving closer or farther away from the subject.

What is zoom?

100

What was the first Black-oriented magazine in the United States to attain national circulation?

What is Ebony Magazine?

200

Ability to make fair, neutral observations about people and events.

What is objectivity?

200

What is the AP rule for numerals below 10 and numbers 10 and above?

Spell out numbers below 10 and use figures for numbers 10 and above

200

What year was Ohio State founded?

1870

200

The cutting or marking of a photograph to eliminate unneccessary material and highlight important elements.



What is cropping?

200

This female Black journalist works as a political correspondent and weekend anchor for CNN.

Abby Phillip

300

Writing that expresses the writer's opinion and view point. In a newspaper, this belongs on the editorial page.

What is subjective writing?

300

What is the proper AP Style for writing out a song title?

(Two answers)

"Paparazzi" or italics

300

What year did Ohio State's football team last win a national championship and against who?

2015 against Oregon

300

Supplemental video that considered to be secondary to your primary footage

What is b-roll?
300

When was NABJ founded? 

1975

400

A metaphor used by journalists and other writers to illustrate how information should be prioritized and structured in prose.

What is the inverted pyramid?

400

For street names with a numbered addressed which three from (Avenue, Street, Alley, Boulevard, Drive and Road) get spelled out rather than abbreviated? 

What is alley, drive and road?

400

What year was The Lantern founded? 

What is 1881?

400

A fact or bit of information that will stick in the audience's minds and make them remember the story.

What is a nugget?
400

What figure was a former slave and the nation's most prominent abolitionist and the publisher of the North Star.

Frederick Douglas

500

Journalism that crusades for social justice or two exposed wrongdoing.

What is muckraking?

500

Name a city that does not require the name of a state to accompany it.

Atlanta, Phoenix, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Boston, St. Louis, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, San Antonio, Cleveland, San Diego, Dallas, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Detroit, Washington, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia

500

The former Ohio State Buckeyes running back is the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner in NCAA history.

Who is Archie Griffin?

500

What law prevents you or anyone else from going uninvited into a person's private property, which generally includes a person's house, apartment, yard, car, and any of their possessions.

What is trespass law?

500

This woman was the first African-American to found, write, and edit a newspaper in the United States and Canada.

Who is Mary Ann Shadd Cary?

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