By Arianna Smith The term "Pulitzer Prize winner" may conjure the image of a stiff and buttoned up, grizzled veteran reporter. Farah Stockman is indeed a veteran columnist and reporter, but speaking to an assembly of MIPA students Monday evening, she gave off the atmosphere of a calm and easy-going professional. "When I was in high school, I thought I was going to write … [Read more...] about Pulitzer Prize winnner Farah Stockman speaks to MIPA students about resilience, experience
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The Designing the Newspaper class create Alternative Story Forms
Multimedia stories help take websites to the edge
Katie Birecki, student of Taking your Website to the Edge, has been enjoying her time learning how to create multimedia stories. The class, led by Natalie Sekicky, has dove head first into learning the importance of a multimedia story has on your site. With a combination of pictures, videos, maps, ect., the presence of visual art can supply a whole new world of understanding … [Read more...] about Multimedia stories help take websites to the edge
Pinterest comes to the rescue for yearbook students
Student of Taking Your Yearbook to the Edge, Hope Ma, enjoyed her time in class this morning perusing Pinterest for the latest and greatest yearbook ideas. Each student worked on a personal Pinterest board to gather and share ideas for their final projects. By the end of the week, each student will have constructed a power point to develop themes and construct new templates. … [Read more...] about Pinterest comes to the rescue for yearbook students
Passionate MIPA students in Yearbook Editors-In-Chief class
A classroom full of leaders hunch over their desks jotting down ten ways to describe their school. Future Editor-In-Chief's prepare for the nearing school year, brainstorming ideas, planning covers and creating themes for their upcoming book. "We try to cover a whole bunch of different ideas, there's no exact focus here." Brian Wilson, the class's instructor, said. The … [Read more...] about Passionate MIPA students in Yearbook Editors-In-Chief class