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Aimed at photographers who already have experience shooting with manual camera controls, this class will allow students to “work with a pro.” Professional photojournalists Michael Caterina and Ike Lea will show you how to become a stronger visual storyteller while mastering your camera.
InDesign is the basic tool that journalists use to design various types of print publications. The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with Adobe InDesign and to instruct them in proper tools to create effective design conveying visual and verbal purpose. Trending graphic design and visual artistry will be emphasized. Students will be given access to a web-based version of InDesign for the duration of the course.
Interested in creating better videos? Producing better interviews? Telling better stories? Creating a newscast without a broadcast studio? Then the MIPA Broadcast Boot Camp is what you need. Every studio has changed how they do business due to the new social distancing regulations, and what they’ve found is that they can produce some extremely effective shows from home by getting better at some basics. Learn the tips from the 2019 Michigan film educator of year who can show you some of the techniques that will bring your videos to the next level and find out for yourself.
A great yearbook theme is more than a title for your book. It is the driving force that inspires new stories, and the vehicle to tell the same stories differently. It’s a historical marker of your school and community (and our world) this year. A great theme inspires design decisions that highlight storytelling and photos that tell stories in unique ways. A great theme will keep your staff engaged and energized all year, because it creates a cohesive focus and can be explored endlessly.
SPJ, the Google News Initiative and the Michigan State University School of Journalism will host a free online training to learn to use some of Google's suite of tools being used for news.
This is not your typical conference. There's no bus ride to Lansing. No one will have to sit on the floor when the chairs run out. You can attend as many sessions as you like. And you can do it all whenever you want. It's the MIPA Un-Conference! Our on-demand library of materials will be available to you to use this entire school year.
When a group of student editors met in fall 1921 to form the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association, they declared the new organization’s motto as “A Better Press for a Better World.” That phrase remains at the heart of nearly everything we do today. So to kick off our centennial year, we’re celebrating that motto and the important role journalism plays in a democracy at the 2021 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop.
Explore journalism and media production from wherever you are, whenever you want, with the MIPA Explorer On-Demand Library.
MIPA’s Individual Category Contests are judged by journalism educators, professional journalists and college journalism students who gather for a day at Michigan State University. It’s a great opportunity to network, and be inspired. You’re invited to join the fun! We will host an orientation followed by live judging work sessions from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Never been a judge? […]
It’s time to return to the campus of Michigan State University for the annual Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Summer Journalism Workshop. Whether you’re a writer, photographer, designer, yearbook editor or news anchor — or if you’re just starting to explore journalism — MIPA will help you meet your goals and prepare for whatever challenges lie […]