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Level Up: Leadership, A Missing Class Returns After A Hiatus

July 26, 2023 by Conner Williams

Level Up: Leadership for Student Media Teacher, C.E. Sikkenga having a one on one conference with a group of students. Level Up: Leadership for Student Media is a class that has made a return after a long time off for this year’s MIPA journalism workshop.  This noteworthy class has been headed by C.E. Sikkenga, the instructor for the returning workshop. Sikkenga … [Read more...] about Level Up: Leadership, A Missing Class Returns After A Hiatus

Students learn how confidence plays key role in leadership

July 29, 2019 by Madison Echlin Leave a Comment

Discussions about leadership highlighted the opening hours of Pam Bunka’s course at the 2019 MIPA summer journalism workshop.Bunka started the class by having the students read about what leadership means and having a discussion about how to implement leadership within themselves and their publications.  “We are talking a lot about what makes a good leader and what you … [Read more...] about Students learn how confidence plays key role in leadership

Broadcast Leadership students continue to learn, lead

August 1, 2012 by Olivia Porath Leave a Comment

On July 31, the students in the Broadcast Leadership class are discovering the best ways to construct documents of policies and other broadcasting resources for their schools in order to implement a more ideal system of organization. “We’re in the creation phase right now,” instructor Randy Scott said. “Today we are working on building documents to take back to their schools … [Read more...] about Broadcast Leadership students continue to learn, lead

Newspaper editors class has power of speech

August 1, 2011 by ElizabethMartin 1 Comment

On the afternoon of Aug. 1 in a strangely quiet classroom, adviser Dean Hume's Newspaper Editors class covered sensitive topics concerning legal issues and administrative problems that may come up while producing a newspaper during the 2011 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshops. Hume talked with his students about copyrights on the web, conflict of interest, ethics and upholding … [Read more...] about Newspaper editors class has power of speech

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