During the opening session, workshops director Chad Sanders and assistant director Rod Satterthwaite had two teams of students compete against each other in an ice-breaker relay. Part of the relay required a participant on each team to write an original haiku about journalism. Here are the poems: Poem #1 Newspapers involve Smart kids who like writing Like us at … [Read more...] about From the opening session: Haiku poems from journalists, for journalists
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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 for the what the students will gain from this experience. “[I hope that they] just feel more empowered by their own writing.” Students in the class are gaining just that. “It’s … [Read more...] about Opinion Coverage hopes to ’empower’ students
Group editorials: From Julia Satterthwaite’s Opinion Writing class
The little boy who delivers newspapers early in the morning may be seeing a decline in the subscriptions to the local paper, but that is no more journalistic than the podcasts online broadcasting about the latest massacre in Norway. The word journalism triggers several stereotypical images; the most common is that journalism is only print press, causing the belief that … [Read more...] about Group editorials: From Julia Satterthwaite’s Opinion Writing class
Individual editorial writing: From Julia Satterthwaite’s Opinion Writing class
In an age where things can go viral and become internet sensations virtually overnight, it’s easy for one picture to end up in the wrong hands. Once a photo is out, that’s it. There’s no taking it back or choosing who does and does not see it. Despite this, students still fail to take the dangers of sexting as seriously as they should, continually sending racy photos to each … [Read more...] about Individual editorial writing: From Julia Satterthwaite’s Opinion Writing class
Column writing: From Julia Satterthwaite’s Opinion Writing class
Dear freshmen, It’s been almost four years since I stepped foot in a middle school, so I’ll admit that my memories of it are hazy at best. However, I’m fairly confident that I was never encouraged to block paths, I wasn’t allowed to mosey down the hall at the slowest speed humanly possible, and I certainly wasn’t taught to push and shove past others. And yet, I never fail … [Read more...] about Column writing: From Julia Satterthwaite’s Opinion Writing class