Fritz Klug, reporter for the MLive Media Group in Lansing, MI, discussed multiple ways to use a smartphone as a reporting tool during his keynote presentation on Aug. 3. Klug's presentation kicked off the 2014 MIPA summer workshop. WATERFORD DRIFT STAFF/VIDEO Follow Fritz Klug on twitter. … [Read more...] about MLive’s Fritz Klug discusses smartphone journalism
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Journalists use their creativity on dorms
Watch out Martha Stewart, MIPA’s has its own interior room decorators. Just search the hashtag #MIPA2013 and see photos of MIPA campers dorm rooms decorated. Whether you search the hastag on Twitter or Instagram, surely you’ll find them. On day one of Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) attendees of the summer workshop began settling into their dorms. While … [Read more...] about Journalists use their creativity on dorms
Staff sizes at MIPA: the small staff viewpoint
Less is more, especially in Seaholm High School’s case. Similar to the other smaller staffs represented at MIPA, Seaholm only has three students attending MIPA out of a total staff of 16. Advisor Ben Harwood encouraged Seaholm’s managing editor, “He sent his leaders and editors here to bring back information and knowledge to incorporate into the paper,” Filips said. Filips … [Read more...] about Staff sizes at MIPA: the small staff viewpoint
Staff sizes at MIPA: the large staff viewpoint
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
Storify: Campers attend MIPA for journalism experience, not always to enter journalism field
By Cameron Macko, Karina Zanyk McLean, and Isobel Futter [View the story "Not all MIPA campers plan to pursue journalism as their career" on Storify] … [Read more...] about Storify: Campers attend MIPA for journalism experience, not always to enter journalism field