Do You Know Your Syllabus?

5 percent for undergrads, zero for grad students

40 percent for undergrads, 35 percent for grad students

10 percent for undergrads, 5 percent for grad students

None. It's pass/fail for everything except stories published.

15 percent for capstone undergrads, 20 percent for other undergrads, and 15 percent for grad students

You have more than one published correction

You have one published correction

You have a published correction AND you didn't do an accuracy check on the story.

Immediacy, Enterprise, Community Knowledge and Conversation

Immediacy, Multimedia, Web and Print, and Information

Immediacy, Information, Databases, and Accuracy

Accuracy, Speed, Delivery and Opportunity

Does the source believe he or she will be harmed?

Is the source hiding behind anonymity to take a cheap shot at an enemy?

Is the source an official or other important person?

Is the information absolutely essential?

Is the story important enough to the health of our community to overrride the risk to the newspaper's credibility?

Yes, but we'll miss you.

Yes, but you only have one more you can miss.

Yes, but maybe I can reschedule the interview.

All of the above.

Option5

Taking material verbatim from the morgue.

Using material verbatim from the wire. Localizing wire stories is encouraged, but the wire service should be given a credit line.

Using material from other publications without attribution.

Using news releases verbatim.

All of the above

Writing for Story

Elements of Style

Watchdog Journalism

Writing Tools

The Elephants of Style

Political viewpoints shouldn't be public on your Facebook profile.

You may not ''friend'' a source

You may declare that you're against abortion, as long as you're not covering the issue.

You may declare yourself a fan of Swafford's band "The Abusers."

All of the above

A and D

I can't wear political T-shirts, but Mizzou gear is OK

I can't wear Greek insignia if the letters are 6" or larger

Designer jeans with holes are OK, but really old jeans with holes aren't

Females shouldn't wear short-shorts on assignment or in the newsroom; males shouldn't wear shorts at all

Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the audiences served

Critically evaluate your work for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammar

Understand and recite the acronym for the accrediting council

Understand the principles and laws of freedom of speech