As a journalist, you shouldn't do this unless you have no other option.
What is promise confidentiality?
100
This is when you lie or damage someone's reputation without printing it.
What is slander?
100
This is a right that is not spelled out in the Constitution.
What is the right to privacy?
100
This is when you use parts of a copyrighted work for journalistic purposes.
What is fair use?
100
This is when you take information or items that you're not supposed to have.
What is theft?
200
This court ruling says school officials DO have the right to censor school newspapers and journalistic media.
What is Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier?
200
The principal couldn't sue you for libel for complaining about the cell phone policy in a school newspaper editorial because she would be considered this.
What is a public figure?
200
This form of intrusion involves pretending to be the cable man so you can talk to someone who doesn't want to talk to the press.
What is misrepresentation?
200
True or false: You cannot be sued for violating copyright if you don't sell the copyrighted item that you used.
What is false?
200
This term refers to lying about who you are or what you do in order to get a story.
What is deception?
300
Tinker standard says you have a constitutional right to share your opinion at school, as long as it's not this
What is disruptive?
300
This is the term used when a news story libels someone through sloppy writing or reporting.
What is negligent?
300
Talking about someone's love life would be information that is considered to be this term.
What is intimate?
300
This is how much time needs to pass for copyright to expire and something to fall into into public domain.
What is one hundred years?
300
The ethical code for the Society of Professional Journalists says you can't make sure no one is ever harmed by a story, because you can only do this.
What is minimize harm?
400
These laws vary from state to state and are also known as "sunshine laws."
What are open meeting laws?
400
If someone gives you permission to write about them, then changes their mind after the story is published, they can't sue you for libel because you had this.
What is consent?
400
Recording someone without their consent is a form of this.
What is intrusion?
400
When you reprint part of a copyrighted work for journalistic purposes, you have to credit this.
What is the source or the creator?
400
These moralistic standards determine how you cover news.
What are your ethics?
500
This allows journalists to report anything said in official government proceedings without being sued or censored.
What is fair report privilege?
500
This means it ruins someone's reputation or damages their image.
What is defamatory?
500
You can take pictures of someone flipping off the camera if they are in this place.
What is a public space?
500
This becomes worthless if it's used too much.
What is a trademark?
500
This federal law allows citizens to request government information by mail.