The Upstart

For those who aren’t performing in the Variety Show

One time at home I started singing and my mom cried for me to stop, my sister’s ears starting bleeding, and three of my pets died. Just kidding. But it […]

Be smarter than your smartphone, kids

I sat down to write a brief about the “Smartphone Journalism” presentation. I opened the voice memo app on my own smartphone so I could review the 50 minutes of […]

Opinion students create personal blogs

Opinions students learn where their work is best suited online by creating blogs.  Read more about it here. Click below to read personal MIPA 2013 accounts from students taking the […]

Opinion Coverage hopes to ’empower’ students

After staff interviews, taking a few pictures and working outside, journalists in the Opinion Coverage class are working on their first column of MIPA. Instructor Lorena Craighead has high hopes […]

Students express opinions on dorms

Dorms and dorm life were a major part of the MIPA Summer Workshop experience. The Upstart staff asked students, “What do you think of the dorms and dorm life here at […]

MIPA summer workshop shows ‘Mad Hot Ballroom’

On the evening of Aug. 2, MIPA staff members got together two “gargantuan” bags of popcorn in order to put together 300 single bags for the students who decided to […]

‘Opinion Coverage’ class strives to make publications personal

Julia Satterthwaite, Rochester HS teacher for six years, teaches her MIPA Journalism Workshop students all about columns, editorials, political cartoons and other opinionated pieces in publications. “I’ve been coming to […]

J.Satterthwaite Opinion Coverage News Briefs

Sports Press Conference Briefs written in Julia Satterthwaite’s Opinion Coverage class.