AP/CD Style
What are the three main types of punctuation we can use in an article?
Period, comma, em-dash (and ellipses/question marks when appropriate)
Which format is the only acceptable type of article to use first person?
Roundtable (sometimes)
Which Cavalier was named 2024 ACC Student-Athlete of the Year?
Gretchen Walsh
List the names of the five people on the incoming Managing Board
Naima (EIC), Hailey (ME), Scarlett (EE), Leigh (OM), Will (CFO)
What percentage (roughly) of CD content comes from the Sports Desk?
40 percent
Links are extremely important to every article. Explain why/how (there could be many different answers)!
You get an extra 75 points for every reason you list!
Copy needs links, we need to link recaps/other stories when appropriate, we need to link to something to substantiate a claim, etc.
List three things you can write/use in a title, but NOT the actual article
"U.Va." instead of the University, colons, your last name in bold, first name+last name with no title, "Hoos,"
Which fall sports program had the highest winning percentage in 2024? (excluding winter sports and tennis, rowing, golf, XC)
women's soccer! (71.1 percent)
What is the name of the CD podcast, and what is the name of the CD newsletter?
On Record; Notes from Newcomb
How many writers (excluding Ben and Xander are on the desk)? Name them!
20
List five things that should be at the top of a recap
Any of: score, location, both teams listed, both teams' records and conf. records listed on second mention, takeaways, a key moment in the game, etc.
List four sporting events outside of Cville (or a major event that isn't a home game) that a CD Sports staffer attended in the year 2024
MLax Final Four, College World Series, Tony Bennett retirement, MBB ACC tourney, MSoc ACC tourney, football vs tech, MLax vs Hopkins, etc
List the the longest tenured head coach at UVA, and the newest head coach (ron sanchez does not count)
Longest: George Gelnovatch (1996)
Shortest: Wesley Ng (2024)
Of all active writers, who has written the most articles? FOR DOUBLE POINTS: how many articles have they written? (if you get within 5 of the answer you still get 100 points)
Xander, with 95!
150 points: two sports were on the online leaderboard for the first time. Which ones?
150 points: which writers wrote those articles?
Rowing and squash; Eleanor Lynch and Peter Kratz
How do we determine whether a player is a grad student or a fifth year?
WHATEVER THE TEAM WEBSITE SAYS!!! NOT ESPN!
What beats did Ben and Xander write for before becoming editors?
track, MBB, Msoc, baseball, football
FOR DOUBLE POINTS: When was the second most recent year that happened?
2018; 2007
How long can an article stay on the online leaderboard?
One week
List the three staffers who wrote the most recaps this semester.
Michael (21), Eleanor L (13), Victoria (11.5)
Find 10 errors in this opening recap paragraph: "Virginia women's basketball beat North Carolina on Sunday. For Coach Amaka Aguga-Hamilton's bunch, Cavalier standouts weren't sparse. Standouts included sophomore guard Kimora Johnson, sophomore forward Olivia McGhee, and sophomore guard Vonta Vaughn (who had eight assists and ten points including a pair of threes). The Heels never stood a chance.
Did not list location, said "on Sunday," misspelled Agugua-Hamilton, said "weren't," misspelled Kymora, McGhee is a guard, misspelled Yonta Vaughn, used parenthesis, did not list record on second mention for either team, said ten instead of 10, said threes instead of three-point shots. Said Heels instead of Tar Heels
Name two former CD sports staffers who went on to work in sports journalism (posting on twitter a lot counts, as long as they've done it for several years).
Any of Danny Neckel, Ben Tobin, Sarah Pettycord, Ben Nuckols, etc.
Kadynce Boothe
How many desks are there at the CD, and what are they? (newsletter and edboard do not count)
16: Sports, Life, News, AE, Copy, Opinion, Cartoon, Humor, Puzzle, Finance, Advertising, Spanish Translation, Chinese Translation, Video, Photo, Podcast
List the three staffers who wrote the most features this semester.
Michael (13), Xander (6.5), Ben (4.5)