On Aug. 1, the last full day of the MIPA summer journalism workshop, students in The Bobby Hawthorne experience worked to find their true identity when they completed their personal writing assignment. Hawthorne required them to turn the story in by the end of class and have about 600 words. "Today they are working on personal writing/opinion columns," Hawthorne said, "so … [Read more...] about The Bobby Hawthorne Experience learns the difficulty of column writing on the last day of MIPA summer camp
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The Bobby Hawthorne Experience prepares for panel of experts on bullying
On July 30 in Bobby Hawthorne's class, The Bobby Hawthorne Experience, MIPA students learned the big differences between genuine muscular writing and pretentious weak writing. With their newfound information, they planned to attend the seminar this evening pertaining to the subject of bullying. After attending this meeting, all campers taking the class will write a story of … [Read more...] about The Bobby Hawthorne Experience prepares for panel of experts on bullying
Bobby Hawthorne discusses a different role from his past: Kickball coach
Bobby Hawthorne's class, “The Bobby Hawthorne Experience,” teaches young journalists to break boundaries and go the extra mile to obtain a real story. However, for a portion of his life, Hawthorne said he pushed aside his own opportunity to acquire his PhD to participate in his daughter’s life. “My daughter brought home this form from school and it said, ‘Sign up for … [Read more...] about Bobby Hawthorne discusses a different role from his past: Kickball coach
Hawthorne students write with purpose
On Aug. 2, Bobby Hawthorne pushed students in his class to forge through the roughest portion of the instruction. The students covered the sexting seminar on the evening of Aug. 1, and prepared for the Lansing Roller Derby Vixens press conference on the evening of Aug 2. Jane Hess from Grosse Pointe South High School described the class as "difficult" and "very intense," and … [Read more...] about Hawthorne students write with purpose
MIPA students take the Hawthorne writing challenge
On Aug. 1, students participating in “The Bobby Hawthorne Experience” class at the MIPA workshop worked diligently on their new writing assignment right as Hawthorne himself finished his presentation on various types of good and bad newspaper leads. “The main goal for this class is for them to go past the tedium of data and to tell a story so you’re not boring readers … [Read more...] about MIPA students take the Hawthorne writing challenge