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Bobby Hawthorne students learn how to establish voice

Students in the Bobby Hawthorne Experience at the 2018 MIPA Summer Workshop are learning how to include sources’ backstories and write in ways that engage and inform the reader. These […]

Students learn to ‘search for stories’ in Bobby Hawthorne Experience

At this year’s MIPA Summer Workshop, high school students from across the state of Michigan and beyond have the opportunity to learn how to create powerful stories in The Bobby […]

A Preview of Bobby Hawthorne’s Course Interview with Cheryl Pell

The students attending today’s afternoon session of The Bobby Hawthorne Experience will be given the opportunity to conduct an interview with MIPA’s former executive director, Cheryl Pell. Pell was awarded […]

Students in Bobby Hawthorne Experience get increasingly more challenging projects

The Bobby Hawthorne Experience is set apart from other offered courses at MIPA, as it is taught at a faster pace in an advanced journalistic setting. Hawthorne, the author of […]

Bobby Hawthorne takes students to the next level

Students in The Bobby Hawthorne Experience class have utilized every day of this week. They were assigned five stories in three days, usually working on several pieces at a time.  […]

Jeremy Whiting goes behind the scenes

Jeremy Whiting, Executive Producer for the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association’s (MIPA) 2014 summer workshop, can be seen running around campus, interviewing students from various class to compile a promotional video […]

Storify: MIPA workshop participants explore the possibilities of a career in journalism

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Student writers prepare for a challenge

MIPA students interested in a challenge have signed up for the Bobby Hawthorne Experience. This intense course is taught by Bobby Hawthorne, a journalist with 40 years of experience. He has taught […]

Volleyball Day Two

Five teams are continuing on in the MIPA Cup Championship. Dean Hume’s “Newspaper Editors,” Ike Lea’s “Sports Photography,” The Upstart Staff, Randy Scott’s “Smile, You’re On Camera,” and Jeff Nardone’s […]