Praxis Journalism 5224 Study Guide 2026–2027 | Journalism Teacher Certification Exam Prep + 2 Practice Tests, 200 Questions

A complete study guide for the Praxis Journalism (5224) exam, written for teacher candidates who will teach journalism and advise student media.

What's Inside:

• Full content review in 10 sections that follow the official test outline: Journalism in a Democracy; History and Influence of Journalism; News Gathering and Reporting; Writing, Editing, and AP Style; Visual Communication: Design and Photojournalism; Multimedia, Online, and Social Media Storytelling; Professional Standards and Ethics; Media Law and Student Press Rights; Teaching Journalism; and Advising Scholastic Media
• 51 topics covering press theories and news literacy, the diverse press and investigative reporting, news values, sources and interviewing, leads and story structures, AP style, design and typography, photojournalism and camera settings, video, audio and online publishing, codes of ethics, Tinker, Hazelwood and the other student press cases, censorship, copyright, libel, FERPA and New Voices laws, instruction and assessment, and production schedules, budgets and staffing
• 73 quick-reference tables and 13 diagrams (story structures, page grid, rule of thirds, exposure triangle, shot sequence, 180-degree rule, student press law decision tree, production cycle)
• Worked examples: leads rewritten, sentences corrected to AP style, censorship and fair-use situations analyzed step by step, a yearbook budget calculated
• Classroom Connection boxes for the teaching and advising scenarios on the exam
• 2 practice tests of 100 questions each (200 questions total), weighted like the real exam
• 200 practice questions with a detailed explanation for every answer
• Exam overview, study schedules (2-week, 4-week, 8-week), FAQs, and test-taking strategies

Format:

• Digital PDF, instant download
• 177 printable US Letter pages

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