The Feature Coverage class completed a team storytelling exercise on July 31 during the afternoon session of the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop. According to instructor Julia Satterthwaite, students had about an hour to report and an hour to write/edit/compile what they gathered. Click on the links below to see the final projects: W.J. Beal Botanical Garden (By Mia … [Read more...] about Feature Coverage students complete team storytelling packages
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Feature Coverage students practice before writing in-depth stories
During the first class sessions of MIPA 2018, students began learning the basics of writing good feature stories and how to become good interviewers. Throughout the course, students will be looking at different ways that you can tell feature stories through social media apps including Snapchat or through Twitter, according to instructor Julia Satterthwaite. Satterthwaite … [Read more...] about Feature Coverage students practice before writing in-depth stories
Feature Coverage class works on short profiles, longer stories
Kicking off camp with a new way to create personality profiles using Instagram, the students in the Feature Coverage class will soon venture into writing more in-depth stories. Instructor Julia Sattherwaite said it's important for students to learn to use a variety of methods and tools to share stories. “The way that you present information is changing," she said. "Even … [Read more...] about Feature Coverage class works on short profiles, longer stories
Conversations lead to personality profiles in Feature Coverage class
The Feature Coverage class was given an assignment to write a 300 word personality profile on another student in the class. Student Bianca Pugliesi chose to write about her classmate’s memory of her friend moving away to Virginia. “The point of the assignment is that everybody has a story,” Pugliesi said. “If you keep talking to someone, eventually you’ll have … [Read more...] about Conversations lead to personality profiles in Feature Coverage class
Feature Coverage class looks forward to promising careers in new age journalism
No, journalism isn’t dying. And young journalists- they have everything at their fingertips. Feature Coverage teacher Betsy Rau stands by this statement after she took over the class for the first time in 25 years. “I would die to be a young journalist right now,” Rau said. “Journalism is alive and well, it’s more available than it ever was. It’s an … [Read more...] about Feature Coverage class looks forward to promising careers in new age journalism