Today, staff advisers bring a piece of home as they visit their staff members at the MIPA classes. With the arrival at 11 am, teachers were just in time for lunch with their staffs. "I love to see the renewed energy that MIPA brings to my kids," Lake Fenton's newspaper adviser Linda Andrada said. "I believe that just being here is important. It validates what they're doing … [Read more...] about Teachers visit MIPA for Adviser Day
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Taking Your Newspaper to the Edge students work to improve publications
Students in the Taking Your Newspaper to the Edge class are all working on their own paper with students from their own staff. The class is taught by instructors C.E. Sikkenga and Tracy Anderson. “I love students creating in the unknown. I love that the just get time to create,” Anderson said. Four students were asked why they chose to take their newspaper to the edge … [Read more...] about Taking Your Newspaper to the Edge students work to improve publications
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 for next year’s camp. Whiting has had a strong love for journalism since high school where he took newspaper with Kirk Weber at Lake Orion High School. … [Read more...] about Jeremy Whiting goes behind the scenes
Advanced InDesign works on re-design
In addition to the basics from yesterday, the Advanced InDesign for Newspaper team is not looking back. This morning, they were given an example of a badly designed feature page, and they had to completely redesign it. From the headline to the selection of pictures, they had free reign to make it "jazzy." Reasons like this, and more, are why students like Catherine Habba … [Read more...] about Advanced InDesign works on re-design
Students Struggle with Small Newspaper Staffs
Working with a small staff is no small task. Brianna Gomez from Stockbridge High School is part of a three person staff–including herself. Having to juggle the role of the writer, the designer, the editor, and the photographer, she said that stressful is an understatement. “We publish a bi-weekly paper. It’s hard because it’s impossible to be everywhere all at once. On … [Read more...] about Students Struggle with Small Newspaper Staffs