AP Style
Pilot
Journalism
Staff
100
What does AP in AP Style stand for?
Associated Press 🙄
100
When was the Portola Pilot established?
2016!!
100
True or False? Opinion stories are the only stories where you are allowed to be opinionated and biased in journalistic writing
TRUE
100
What animal is Ryne obsessed with?
Hamsters! 😊😊
200
How would "January 22, 2004" be written in AP Style?
Jan. 22, 2004
200
What is the very first rule of the Portola Pilot Staff Contract?
"Journalists will separate their Portola Pilot work from their personal lives."
200
What is the minimum number of interview sources you should have for a news story?
3 interview sources
200
Who is Sidra's favorite musical artist at the moment?
The answer is Drake! 😍
300
In general, at which number do you start using numerals instead of spelling it out in AP Style?
You spell out numbers 1 to 9 and use numerics for 10 and higher!
300
How many followers does the Pilot Instagram account have (as of yesterday)?
*Team with the closest number will get points
We have 985 followers!!!
300
What is the journalistic term for the structure that you use to organize information in a news report?
Inverted pyramid structure
300
How many stories have features editor Charlotte written so far for the Pilot? (Including co-written stories?)
*The team with the closest number will get the points!
44 stories!!! 😱
400
Which is correct in AP Style?: 5 percent or 5% ?
Use the % when pairing it with a numeral!
400
Name at least 3 of the "characters" from the movie "Shattered Glass"
Stephen, Michael, Chuck, Caitlin, Adam, Amy
400
What is a nut graf in journalism?
In journalism, the nut graf is a paragraph that explains the context of the story. :)
400
Whose beautiful brow is this?
It's news editor Bia!!! 😍
500
How would you format this sentence in AP Style?:
She is 5-foot-3
500
Which Pilot article is #1 in Trending (as of yesterday)?
*Bonus 100 Points: Which staff member(s) wrote this story?
Kayleen and Shaina's news story on the back-to-school dance! 👍
500
We credit someone's photo by saying "Courtesy of who-and-who" when _______
When the photo was taken by someone who is not a part of the Pilot
500
Which Pilot staff member had the cops called on them after their parents lost them in a movie theater during the Moana movie premiere?
It's our new Pilot staff member, Tyler Kim! 😂