The Upstart

Covering the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop

Archives for August 2014

The Dead Squirrels in a nutshell

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The band “The Dead Squirrels” is an acoustic band made of two members. Jim Streisel, the lead singer/songwriter, and the main guitarist, Donny Coyle. Last night the band performed a concert at The Erikson Kiva, and although not all the members were there, due to a four hour drive up to Michigan State, the concert was great. The Dead Squirrels have a chill sound that’s perfect … [Read more...] about The Dead Squirrels in a nutshell

Mercedes Hussein has high hopes for Digital Storytelling

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The class was involved, everyone pointing out every detail of Midland High School Senior Mercedes Hussein’s website presentation of The Focus. The black and white themed website captured the attention of many of the students in the room, along with other small details such as a 50 word rant page, who class teacher Betsy Rau claimed was “Really cool”. Rau was the director of … [Read more...] about Mercedes Hussein has high hopes for Digital Storytelling

Be smarter than your smartphone, kids

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I sat down to write a brief about the “Smartphone Journalism” presentation. I opened the voice memo app on my own smartphone so I could review the 50 minutes of information I had stored in this wonderful, multi-purpose device. But ironically, none of it was there. It deleted or glitched because I swear I saw it recording. I spent 50 minutes recording a presentation about … [Read more...] about Be smarter than your smartphone, kids