During the last full day of the MIPA workshop in Dean Hume’s Newspaper Editors class, recently moved to a room on the second floor of the Natural Resources building in order to make use of room 218’s computers, Hume covered a number of topics that the students picked. The students in the class were planning after lunch to give constructive criticism to stories written by … [Read more...] about Newspaper Editors class is choosing their lessons
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Writers experience helpful lecture in ‘The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’
Writers sat enthralled in room 316 of Bessey Hall. Each student watched as Bobby Hawthorne gave his daily lecture on just how to write the best you can. Today’s lesson: How to be a columnist, and sure fire ways to fail. Ways to fail included that to fail, a columnist must: ramble, chit-chat with readers, meander, use clichés, and over exaggerate a situation. Laughter filled … [Read more...] about Writers experience helpful lecture in ‘The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’
Campers show school pride
The special event for Wednesday was to show your staff some love by wearing your staff shirt or school shirt. Campers showed off their individual school pride by wearing t-shirts, sweatshirts, and other items with a wide range of colors and styles. Brianne Twiddy from Woodhaven High School shared why she thinks showing off school pride is important. "I feel like school … [Read more...] about Campers show school pride
InDesign for Yearbook takes skills to their own books
Editors and designers from schools all over in the Indesign for Yearbook take advantage of the tools they’ve learned in this week’s course as they work on designs to apply to their own books. Alex Murray, L’Anse Creuse High School North senior Editor in Chief, utilizes the time to work on her spread so she may bring back a solid start on the book. As only one of the two … [Read more...] about InDesign for Yearbook takes skills to their own books
Writing and Designing the Newspaper students work with InDesign
After working on writing and developing good stories for the first couple days of MIPA camp, the Writing and Designing the Newspaper class is taking a new approach to journalism: designing. Most of the students in the class have little to no experience with the application and the class today will teach them how to create and layout a page of their own. They began with paper … [Read more...] about Writing and Designing the Newspaper students work with InDesign