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100

This short phrase is what journalists call a headline.

What is a HED?

100

The likeness of this type of giant animal lives at the American Museum of Natural History.

What is a blue whale?

100

This is the New York Times section that Neel Patel edits.

What is Opinion?

100
This is where Maggie goes to college.

What is Columbia University?

100

This is the subway station we have used the most during class.

What is Columbus Circle?

200

This tagline or teaser appears after the headline and is sometimes called a subheadline. 

What is a DEK? 

200

These structures process sludge and food waste at the Newton Creek Wastewater plant.

What are the "digester eggs"?

200

You can find this speaker's photo in the hall of Pulitzer winners at the New York Times office.

Who is Pam Belluck?

200

This is what we wish for Sarah as she enters motherhood.

What is rest, relaxation, spa days, love, a husband who waits on her hand and foot, anythign but malice will be accepted.

200

This is the largest (and greenest) public space in New York City, walking distance from campus.

What is Central Park?

300

This type of article answers a question, clarifies a concept, or debunks a misconception.

What is an explainer?

300

You can find this space shuttle at the Intrepid Museum.

What is the Enterprise?

300

This is the publication where Sarah worked with Neel, Yasmin, and Rollie.

What is Inverse?

300

This is the pitch that Billy is working on.

What is "9/11 memes"?

300
Newtown Creek is the body of water separating Queens from this borough, where we visited the water treatment facility.

What is Brooklyn?

400

This critical part highlights the article's main point.

What is a nut graph?

400
This is the year that Columbia University's Rutherford Observatory was constructed.

What is 1927?

400

These strange little "blank"s are the subject of Kelcey Davis' mysterious research.

What are little red dots?

400

This is the city where Sarah is from.

What is Sacramento?

400

This is the subway line we took to Far Rockaway beach.

What is the A train?

500

This upside-down shape describes the basics of a news story structure.

What is the "inverted pyramid "?

500
RISE stands for these words.
What is the Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity?
500

This is the award that Yasmin Tayag won.

What is the James Beard award?

500

Billy will read any article about this animal.

What is a bear?

500

This is the colorful nickname for The New York Times.

What is The Grey Lady?