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2015 One-Day Workshops

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2015 One-Day Workshops

9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Friday, March 20 | Michigan State University

MIPA’s One-Day Workshops provide students and advisers a chance to take their skills to the next level. Spend a day at the Michigan State University School of Journalism getting hands-on training in a variety of skill areas for news, yearbook and video student media outlets.
Take the time to learn the tools you’ve been meaning to get to all year. The One-Day Workshops also are a great way to train new staff members and leaders to prepare for next year.
Enrollment is limited, so don’t wait until the last minute to register!
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The Classes

InDesign for Publications

Instructor: Sara-Beth Badalamente

  • Using tools
  • Placing text and graphics
  • Formatting text
  • Importing photos
  • Designing a basic page
  • Using grids effectively
  • Selecting type
  • Using libraries and styles

Smartphone Journalism

Instructor: Chad Sanders

  • Capturing, editing and uploading content via smartphone apps
  • Using social media
  • Working with multimedia content, including video
  • Must have an iPhone or Android smartphone, or an iPod touch

Jumpstart Your Yearbook

Instructor: Shari Adwers

  • Developing your theme
  • Learning current yearbook trends
  • Using effective typography
  • Understanding mods
  • Creating voice

Newspaper Design Clinic

Instructor: C.E. Sikkenga

  • Analyzing current newspaper
  • Using effective typography
  • Designing new standing heads
  • Creating alternative story forms
  • Finding suitable art & photos
  • Updating your design and coverage concepts to help your print publication compliment your online presence

Bring copies of your paper and a sketch pad for ideas.

Photoshop

Instructor: Ike Lea

  • Toning photos for publication
  • Sizing photos for resolution
  • Organizing files
  • Creating cutouts

Building Next Year’s Staff*

Instructor: Julia Satterthwaite

  • Recruiting good students for your publication staff
  • Generating/updating a staff manual
  • Using portfolios for semester exams or for generating writing, design and photography ideas over the summer
  • Selling advertising and canvasing the city over the summer
  • Planning a first day publication
  • Using Storify and other tech. tools to generate interest in social media accounts for your publication
  • Justifying to administrators and curriculum directors how journalism meets Common Core state standards
  • Lesson planning for the last few weeks of school after seniors leave

Advisers and future editors should consider taking this course in pairs or small groups and should bring laptops, if possible.

Video Storytelling

Instructor: Jesse Sutherland

  • Learn the ins and outs of MIPA’s Video Best Practices
  • Refresh experienced students’ knowledge of journalistic content
  • Introduce newbie broadcast journalists to all that goes into content for a show
  • Run through technical considerations for conducting interviews, creating good video, and producing a news show
  • Look at the process of producing a studio show or live news broadcast

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Registration

  • $35 per person from a MIPA member school
  • $45 per person from a non-MIPA member school
  • Advisers attend free when you bring five students! (Lunch not included.) Members: Use discount code adviserfree35 when registering. Non-members: Use discount code adviserfree45 when registering. Make sure you include yourself in the registration count for the class of your choice.

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Lunch

  • $5 per person
  • Includes pizza, pop, chips and a cookie
  • If you want to bring your own lunch, that’s OK too.

Location

Michigan State University Communication Arts & Sciences Building
404 Wilson Road
East Lansing, MI 48824
Directions and parking information for MSU’s Communication Arts & Sciences Building

Parking

$7 per car; free bus parking available
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