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2016 One-Day Workshops

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9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Friday, March 18 | 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, Ann Arbor Huron HS

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

Newspaper Design Clinic

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

Instructor: C.E. Sikkenga, Grand Haven HS

  • 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

Photoshop

Instructor: Ike Lea, Lansing Community College

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

Smartphone Journalism

Instructor: Jeremy Whiting, Ovid-Elsie HS

  • 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

Writing for Student Media

Instructor: Shari Adwers, Grosse Pointe North HS

If you’re looking for ways to sharpen and brighten your writing so others will clamor to read it, this interactive seminar is for you. This session will entertain and inspire as well as give you a chance to analyze excellent writing and apply what you learn to your own work. You’ll discuss:

  • how to improve interviews
  • angles, leads, voice, narrative style
  • use of literary devices to tighten and strengthen your writing

This session is designed for students who work on a yearbook, newspaper or news website staff.

Building Next Year’s Staff

Advisers and future editors should consider taking this course in pairs or small groups. Please bring a laptop, if possible, for your group and copies of your editorial policy, staff manual documents, job descriptions, etc. (Digital copies are OK.)

Instructor: Julia Satterthwaite, Rochester HS

  • 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

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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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Schedule

Registration: 8-9 a.m.
Morning Class Session: 9-11:30 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-Noon
Afternoon Class Session: Noon-1:30 p.m.
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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

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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

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