The Wick
What is the name of the website where we publish Wick articles after they've been released in print?
What components make a complete sentence?
A subject, a verb, and punctuation
- i.e. I ran.
"I" -- subject
"ran" -- verb
"." -- punctuation
What is an Editorial?
This is an opinionated article written by an editor at a news organization, which represents the organization’s view on a particular subject.
What do you need to do if you are going to be absent from a Wick meeting?
Email/Text the editors
What are the names of our Deputy Editors this year?
Rachel Avery and Samantha Pierce
What is the username of the Wick's Instagram account?
@thewick_ais
What is concision?
"Concision is a communication principle of eliminating redundancy, such as using as few words as possible in a sentence while preserving its meaning. More generally, it is achieved through the omission of parts that impart information that was already given, that is obvious or that is irrelevant."
What is Confirmation Bias?
Confirmation bias is when you look for information or interpret information to solidify your existing beliefs.
What should you meet every month unless given permission from the Editors?
Who was Editor-In-Chief of the Wick from 2022-2023?
Phoebe Smith
What platform do we use to format each print issue?
InDesign
What is the difference between the active and passive voice? Which voice should we use?
When using the active voice, the subject does the action (the verb).
- i.e. I drove the car. ("I", the subject, drove)
When using the passive voice, the action is done to the subject.
- i.e. The car was driven by me (the action, "driven," was done by the subject: "me."
What is the opening sentence or paragraph of a news article that summarizes the most important aspects of the story.
Hint: "Don't bury the _____"
Lede
What is plagiarism and how do you avoid it?
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own; you need to give people credit if you are going to borrow their ideas.
Who was Editor-In-Chief of the Wick from 2020-2022?
Kimberly Tyson
How many years did it take us to get an Instagram account?
3
How many words should be in a headline?
6 (8 max)
What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation?
During what month are Wick elections?
Late March/Early April
How many people are on the Wick staff this year?
40
What is the name of our printer?
School Paper Express
What range of numbers do we spell out? What range of numbers do we put in numerical form?
Spell out 1-9 ("one" to "nine") /1st-9th ("first" to "ninth")
Write bigger numbers in numerical form (30, 30th)
**There are some exceptions which we'll discuss later but this is the general rule
What is the name of the structural technique that states the most important information at the beginning of the article and lists supplementary details further down.
250-500 words
Who was editor-in-chief of the Wick from 1978-1979
Mrs. Verdeur