Grammar
TRN polices
AP Style Guide
History of Journalism
TRN Staff
100

The word do we use when quoting an interviewee

What is "says" 

100
Opinion article requirements.

Two pieces of evidence per broad statement. 

100

How to write dates. 

What is spelling out month, and not having “st, nd th.”

100

The US Constitutional Amendment that protects freedom of press.

What is 1st Amendment?

100

Staff member who has been to a black eyed peas concert in Colmar, France. 

Who is Amelie?

200

The flaw in this sentence: "To keep up with their changing audience, Southwest Airlines rebranded in 2014."

What is a brand is described as “they” instead of “it." 

200

How writers turn in drafts. 

What is uploading to Google Drive. Also what is keeping all drafts on one document but don't delete previous drafts, copy and paste drafts. Write "COMPLETE" above final draft when done. 

200

How to write names of people.

What is always using a person’s first and last name the first time they are mentioned in a story. Use last names on second reference. Do not use courtesy titles such as Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms.

200

The historic Supreme Court ruling from 1969 that cemented students' rights to free speech in public schools. 

What is Tinker v. Des Moines?

200

Staff member who speaks Norwegian. 

Who is Hayden? 

300

Make the following sentence active voice instead of passive: "Passive happens when the object of a sentence is put at the beginning of a sentence instead of at the end"

What is: “Passive happens when the writer puts the object of a sentence at the beginning, instead of at the end.” 

300

Four questions to ask an interviewee before starting an interview. 

Name/spelling, pronouns, explain our interviewee tracking system and if they are comfortable sharing racial identity, and if you can record.

300

Capitalizing grades like Freshman and Sophomore. 

What is wrong.

300

The person who said this quote “were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

300

Staff member who has dual citizenship in Sweden.

Who is Neil?

400

The difference between affect and effect.

What is effect is used as a noun and affect is used as a verb. 

400

What editors and peer editors do besides checking grammar and sentence structure and flow. 

Fact checking. 

400

The number of spaces we put after a period.

What is one. 

400

The style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts during its heyday in the late 19th century. 

What is yellow journalism. 

400

Two staff members born in Thailand. 

Who are Ula and Disney? 

500

Describe the difference between “i.e.” and “e.g.” 

What is "i.e." roughly meaning "that is" or "in other words," while "e.g." means "example given" or "for example."

500

The place you can find writing tips, fact checking instructions, and other references. 

TRN Handbook. 

500

Writing the titles of books, songs, tv shows, games, and poems. 

What is using quotation marks. 

500

The American journalist “muckraker” and NAACP co-founder who began an anti-lynching campaign in the late 1800s.

Who is Ida B. Wells? 

500

Staff member whose grandmother is a beekeeper.

Who is Lucas?