During the opening session, workshops director Chad Sanders and assistant director Rod Satterthwaite had two teams of students compete against each other in an ice-breaker relay. Part of the relay required a participant on each team to write an original haiku about journalism. Here are the poems: Poem #1 Newspapers involve Smart kids who like writing Like us at … [Read more...] about From the opening session: Haiku poems from journalists, for journalists
opening ceremony
The beginning of summer camp at MIPA
We all know they said to bring a fan. They only wrote it in our packets about a 120 times. It’s not like we didn’t have any warning. But they didn’t tell us we would need three of them...or four...or a billion. Did anyone else immediately hide their 20 pounds of bed sheets away in the closet? Yeah, we’re thinking we won’t need them this week. At all. Walking into the … [Read more...] about The beginning of summer camp at MIPA
Directors welcome students to 2011 MIPA Journalism Workshops’ ‘J-Cation’
Amid flip-flops, Hawaiian shirts and flying beach balls, co-directors Betsy Pollard Rau and Chad Sanders kicked off the 2011 version of “J-Cation,” the theme of this summer’s annual MIPA JournalismWorkshops, on July 31, an event hosted at Michigan State University. This year’s event, according to Rau, hosts over 400 student journalists, many of whom are from out-of-state. … [Read more...] about Directors welcome students to 2011 MIPA Journalism Workshops’ ‘J-Cation’
Students share expectations for 2011 MIPA Journalism Workshops
At the opening ceremony of the 2011 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshops, several students described what they wanted to get from their time at the camp. Here are a few of their responses: Autumn McCuien, Traverse City, MI (Taking "Writing and Design for Newspapers" with Jody Mackey) "This is my first year doing newspaper. I like writing. I just think newspaper has more writing … [Read more...] about Students share expectations for 2011 MIPA Journalism Workshops