On the last full day of the 2011 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshops, instructor Julia Satterthewaite taught her "Opinion Coverage" students about the importance of newspaper page design. She told them that they must pay attention to everything from story placement and white space to picture-taking etiquette. "Imagine a tic-tac-toe board on your camera screen," … [Read more...] about Students discuss page design in ‘Opinion Coverage’ class
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Tim Morley gives sports photography students one last assignment
As the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop comes to an end, sports photography students hurry to finish editing their last few photos. “Today we’re learning to change pictures to a different setting on Photoshop and upload them to Flikr,” said Josef Provido, a student from South Lake High School. The students in the sports photography class has had the opportunity to capture … [Read more...] about Tim Morley gives sports photography students one last assignment
Students in ‘You’re Designing the Newspaper’ wrap up final designs
Students who took "You're Designing the Newspaper" throughout the course of the week are completing their final projects to be shared and discussed for Aug. 4. Instructor Jim McGonnell went to a store to purchase flash drives in the early afternoon so that students could transfer their designs onto an external drive in the future. "Today is great. It's the best day I've … [Read more...] about Students in ‘You’re Designing the Newspaper’ wrap up final designs
‘Money Matters’ students work hard to finish up staff manuals
During the second to last class session at the 20011 MIPA Summer Workshop, the students worked diligently on their publications' staff manuals. "I'm pretty far (along on the project) and I've tried to work quickly to get it done," said Carolyn Berwick from Rochester High School. The students went into the classroom with their letters to be inserted into their staff … [Read more...] about ‘Money Matters’ students work hard to finish up staff manuals
Infographics class makes progess on airplane project
On Aug. 2, Karl Gude's class continued their work on their paper airplane projects. The students began their work on a layout for an infographic for a paper airplane competition they had earlier in the day. The winning plane was made by Austin Mackey from Traverse City Central High School. They sketched out their idea and now are resketching it into Adobe Illustrator. The … [Read more...] about Infographics class makes progess on airplane project