The Upstart

Covering the 2026 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop

MIPA 2018

Former NBA player gives business, life advice during press conference

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Business is the ultimate sport, according to Desmond Ferguson, former NBA player, Lansing native and owner of Moneyball Sportswear. Ferguson shared this advice during a press conference for journalism students at the MIPA 2018 Summer Workshop on July 30. “You have to do something you love,” Ferguson, who started his company in 2002, said, “that you would be willing to do … [Read more...] about Former NBA player gives business, life advice during press conference

MIPA alumna shares journalism superpowers in keynote speech

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As the MIPA summer conference’s first night’s keynote speaker, Tricia Bobeda, who now serves as the senior editor of multiplatform news at WBEZ-Chicago, encouraged students to practice journalistic integrity while following their passions in the ever-changing field. “Build the thing you think the world needs,” Bobeda said, while discussing her co-start of the podcast the … [Read more...] about MIPA alumna shares journalism superpowers in keynote speech

Students excited to see different perspectives in yearbook class

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According to Ava Butzu, the instructor for the “Taking Your Yearbook to the Edge” class, her goal is to teach students how to take a theme and develop it to create a feeling that will guide the readers to understand the stories of the year.   “So it’s a verbal and visual packaging of the theme to make the yearbook unique for this year and for this school,” Butzu … [Read more...] about Students excited to see different perspectives in yearbook class