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 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
Feature Coverage students collaborate in a relaxed classroom setting
Reporting on feature pieces is all about digging around and finding strong sources that know how to tell a story. Students in Julia Satterthwaite’s “Feature Coverage” class are exploring this angle of journalistic writing and investigating the human aspect of articles they produce. Going into her fifth summer as a MIPA instructor with a journalism degree from MSU, … [Read more...] about Feature Coverage students collaborate in a relaxed classroom setting
Feature Coverage class profiles instructor
“I got third place...and I was really proud of that,” said Feature Coverage Instructor Julia Satterthwaite. “It was one of the biggest accomplishments for me, that by the end of the class they were volunteering to read in class and asking me for additional books after not knowing how to read.” This is how Satterthwaite responded to one of her feature students’ questions, … [Read more...] about Feature Coverage class profiles instructor
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