The Upstart

Photo of the Day: Monday, July 30

Journalism: useful to more than just journalists

If you pull aside the students at MIPA journalism camp, you would find that not all of them are on the obvious career path you would expect. Many students found […]

MHSAA Media Coordinator speaks to Sports Coverage class

Ten young journalists enrolled in Jeff Nardone’s Sports Coverage class at the MIPA summer journalism workshop listened to guest speaker Geoff Kimmerly, the new Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) […]

Photographers work at LCC improving their techniques

Every morning about 60 of MIPA’s summer workshop students climb on a bus destined for an off-campus location. Five Miles away at Lansing Community College, the Shoot Like a Pro, […]

From the opening session: Haiku poems from journalists, for journalists

During the opening session, workshops director Chad Sanders and assistant director Rod Satterthwaite had two teams of students compete against each other in an ice-breaker relay. Part of the relay […]

Ben Daniels Band visits MIPA 2012

On Monday, the MIPA staff brought The Ben Daniels band to perform for all the journalist attending camp this week. Before the show, instructor Jeremy Whiting and high school student […]

Ben Daniels Band Concert Recap

Opening with their song “Baby Doll,” the Ben Daniels Band drew a crowd of about 100 student journalists and workshop instructors. “I found myself jammin’ out, tapping my foot,” said […]

The Bobby Hawthorne Experience finalizes bullying stories

Students in The Bobby Hawthorne Experience are working to finalize their stories from the bullying panel that took place on Monday, July 30. “We are going talk about leads, which […]

Bully panel answers student questions

Nearly 10 years ago to the day, Kevin Epling’s son Matthew took his own life. Matt, who was 14 and just entering his freshman year, killed himself, his father said, […]