On the first day of camp, the first observation is the overwhelming amount of people. The huge mass is split up into various schools. Some staffs send under five kids, other staffs send more than 20 kids. The 395 students are made up of editors in chief to beginning journalism students. Their ideas of what to bring back to their adviser and share with their fellow staff … [Read more...] about Staff sizes at MIPA: the large staff viewpoint
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Storify: Campers attend MIPA for journalism experience, not always to enter journalism field
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Skills learned at MIPA apply to many careers
On the first day of the MIPA journalism workshop, hundreds of MIPA student journalists from across the state, the country and even one student from another country, prepared to experience this year’s theme: Learn it. Live it. Love it. Many of them came here for ideas to transfer to their high school publications, others simply to spend time with friends. Still, many more came … [Read more...] about Skills learned at MIPA apply to many careers
Storify: Day 2 of MIPA through pictures
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Lakota East student uses #Mipa2013 to connect to others
From first time camp goers, to old-timers, MIPA students are encouraged to use the hashtag #MIPA2013 for any MIPA-related tweets. Lakota East Senior and staff member of Lakota Spark, Morgan Bain, uses twitter to connect and make new friends. “I’ve met other people through my tweets,” said Bain. “Someone actually found me through the hashtag and started following me. Later on … [Read more...] about Lakota East student uses #Mipa2013 to connect to others