The Upstart

Starbucks a popular destination for students

Journalism and caffeine go hand in hand. Everyone knows coffee is a must when a deadline is approaching, and one of the most popular places to grab a coffee is […]

MIPA helps sisters bond

  Sisters Natasha and Shea Vatalaro from Grosse Pointe are the type of sisters who do everything together. Even at the MIPA summer workshop they can be found eating breakfast […]

Storify: MIPA Volleyball battle on-going

By Arianna Smith     [View the story “MIPA Volleyball Battle On-going” on Storify]

Listen to Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times writer Farah Stockman’s riveting journalistic experiences

MIPA students at Pulitzer Prize winner Farah Stockman’s seminar asked driving questions that she answered with gripping stories from her investigative journalism career. Click on the play button underneath each question to […]

MIPA students beat the heat with a Kiddie Pool Challenge

By Arianna Smith MIPA students beat the heat Tuesday evening on Shaw Terrace with the Kiddie Pool Challenge, a play on the bobbing-for-apples activity that incorporated gemstones, kiddie pools, and […]

Conversations lead to personality profiles in Feature Coverage class

The Feature Coverage class was given an assignment to write a 300 word personality profile on another student in the class. Student Bianca Pugliesi chose to write about her classmate’s […]

Feature Coverage class looks forward to promising careers in new age journalism

  No, journalism isn’t dying. And young journalists- they have everything at their fingertips. Feature Coverage teacher Betsy Rau stands by this statement after she took over the class for […]

Pulitzer Prize winnner Farah Stockman speaks to MIPA students about resilience, experience

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, […]

Advanced Yearbook Design students learn ‘Good C.R.A.P’

Students in instructor Lydia Cadena’s Advanced Yearbook Design course are working to implement the “C.R.A.P” principles to their designs. C.R.A.P. stands for “contrast,” “alignment,” “repetition” and “proximity,” and, according to […]