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Pell to be honored with JEA’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Former MIPA executive director Cheryl Pell is being honored with the Journalism Education Association’s Lifetime Achieve-ment Award.

Pell will be recognized during the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Con-vention on Nov. 16 in Boston.

Pell served as MIPA’s executive director for 25 years before her retirement in 2012. She con-tinues to teach at Michigan State University’s School of Journalism.

“So many wonderful high school jour-nalism teachers and their students made my work in scholastic journalism the plea-surable experience it was, and I’m proud to have been a part of MIPA for so many years,” Pell said.

Pell teaches publication design, a capstone journalism course that creates an iPad maga-zine and a study abroad course in Spain. She also is the co-adviser of the MSU student chapter of the Society for News Design.

Previously, Pell has been honored with the Journalism Education Association’s Medal of Merit, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association James F. Paschal Award, the National Scholastic Press Association Pioneer Award, the Association for Educa-tion in Journalism and Mass Communica-tion Scholastic Journalism Division Educa-tor of the Year and Honors Lecturer awards. In 2007, she was inducted into the Michi-gan Journalism Hall of Fame.

Mich. advisers train at Reynolds institute

Four Michigan advisers were among 172 high school teachers selected to attend the 2013 Reynolds High School Journalism In-stitute this summer.

Kathryn Burkholder of Pinckey Com-munity HS, Serge Danielson-Francois of Divine Child HS in Dearborn, Marilyn Hess of Plainwell HS and Jayna Salk of Troy HS attended the program.

The program “provides comprehensive journalism training to fill gaps in existing professional development opportunities for teachers and gives them hands-on experi-ence with technological advancements in the field,” according to the American Society of News Editors, which puts on the program.

For more information, visit the ASNE’s Youth Journalism Initiative’s website at www.schooljournalism.org.

Summer workshop instructor named teacher of the year

Jim Streisel of Carmel HS in Indiana has been named the 2013 Dow Jones News Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year.

He advises the award-winning HiLite and Acumen newsmagazines and www.hilite.org. Streisel is an instructor at the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop, where he advises The Upstart, the workshop’s student publication.

“What I am teaching kids is life skills, the ability to meet deadlines, solve messy problems, work with peer groups,” Streisel said. “I happen to be using the language of journalism.”

MSU scholarships available for summer workshop attendees

Students now in grades 8-10 who attend-ed the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop in 2013 can apply for a $2,000 scholarship to attend Michigan State University.

A maximum of 60 Pre-College Achieve-ment Scholarship are awarded by MSU each year to students who attend designat-ed precollege programs.

The deadline to apply is Oct. 14. Ap-plications can be found at http://mipamsu.org/mipa-summer-workshop/precollege/.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

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When my husband Rod and I began dating, he lived in Man-chester and I lived in Royal Oak, which is about an hour and 10 minutes of drive time. It wasn’t exactly convenient. We resorted to finding places in between to meet and ended up one eve-ning at a lovely establishment in Plymouth called Grape Expecta-tions. (Why wouldn’t two Eng-lish/journalism teachers go on a date there?)

We were munching on appe-tizers and sipping wine (which, if you know us at all, is hilarious … but again, the place was called Grape Expectations, so we had to try it), when Rod’s cellphone rang.

He rudely pulled out his phone and made it clear that he intended to take the call … on, like, our second date.

“Well, who is it?” I asked, fail-ing to disguise my annoyance.

Rod held up his phone. The screen blinked the name Mary Beth Tinker.

“THE Mary Beth Tinker?”“Yeah, so I guess I’m gonna

take this call,” Rod said, trying to act suave and impress me with his important connection.

It worked. I was smitten with both Rod and Mary Beth. I even joked that if Mary Beth Tinker were his secret lover, I’d be totally OK with that. She’s Mary Beth-freaking-Tinker, after all.

Mary Beth Tinker was one of the plaintiffs in the famous 1969 Supreme Court case  Tin-ker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District that famously declared “neither stu-dents or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom

of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

It turns out Rod had estab-lished contact with Mary Beth because he had invited her to speak at a MIPA First Amend-ment rally at the state Capitol. She was calling to iron out the details.

Fast-forward about four years and I still get just as excited about Mary Beth Tinker. Why wouldn’t I? She’s a First Amendment god-dess, after all. I “friended” Mary Beth on Facebook after Rod and I got married, and I still freak out when she “likes” one of my photos.

“Mary Beth-freaking-Tinker liked a photo of my boys today!” my internal voice screams as my stom-ach tightens into excited knots.

The cool news is that we all get to share in the Mary Beth Tinker excitement at this year’s

Fall Conference on Monday, Oct. 21 at the Lansing Center.

As part of the Tinker Tour, Mary Beth Tinker and former Student Press Law Center law-yer  Mike Hiestand will be stop-ping in Lansing to talk to stu-dents about the importance of the First Amendment and raise awareness about the Constitu-tion.

The tour kicked off last month in Philadelphia. It will have stopped New York, Massachu-setts, Ohio, South Carolina, Indi-ana, Kentucky, Illinois and Wis-consin before swinging through Michigan.

Tinker was 13 in 1965 when she and her brother John, 15, and their friend Christopher Eckhardt, 16, wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War.

Being 13 is tough. Being 13 and going to middle school with a black armband as a protest is tough. Being 13 and going to middle school with a black armband after administrators banned them and getting sus-pended? That’s awesome.

It took just shy of four years and help from the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU, and, of course, the Tinker parents to persist through the courts and file appeals, but in the end, a 7-2 Supreme Court ruling would set the standard that many of our publications are fortunate enough to operate under.

So bring your kids to the Fall Conference to get inspired, to learn what it takes to stand up to injustice and to realize that responsible, driven young adults do have the ability to change the course of history.

Tinker still impressesWhen 13-year-old Mary Beth Tinker put on a black armband in 1965, she was standing up for the First Amendment rights of all students

Julia Satterthwaite2012-2014 President

Rochester HS

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

TINKER TOUR STOPSThe Tinker Tour will be swinging through the Great Lakes area throughout October. Get details about the tour at tinkertourusa.org.

Oct. 15 Chicago Elk Grove, Ill.

Oct. 16 MilwaukeeOct. 17 West Allis, Wisc.Oct. 18 White Water,

Wisc.Oct. 21 MIPA Fall

Conference, Lansing

Oct. 22 DetroitOct. 23 Indianapolis

MORE INSIDEFirst Amendment fighter takes message on the road, page 6

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Why go to MIPA?These students have the answer for how MIPA, journalism help themBy Alex Everard

Eric SchwartzHartland HS grad

Michigan State University freshman

Miranda MorsDexter HS grad

Olivet College freshman

Anthony PeddleUtica HS grad

Ohio Wesleyan University senior

For Michigan State University journalism freshman Eric Schwartz, college has already been influenced by his time in high school journalism.

Schwartz said MIPA’s summer camps and seasonal conferences not only helped his leadership skills as editor-in-chief and the quality of his publication, but that the exposure he was given ignited a deeper passion.

“It was great to be a member of a larger community of like-minded people who want to preserve and grow the field of journalism,” he said.

He also noted that MIPA and its members have a keen perspective on the art of reporting and displaying information.

“It’s so frustrating to hear people who think that it’s a dying area of study,” Schwartz said. “It’s about having a large circle of people who want to make a difference, and prove to others that there are no limits as to where people can go in journalism.”

Miranda Mors is a freshman at Olivet College studying journalism and mass communication. Mors is a former MIPA member who attended fall conferences and the 2012 summer workshop.

According to Mors, MIPA showed her something about herself she wasn’t previously aware of.

“My time at MIPA prepared me for college because it showed me a hidden love I didn’t know I had,” she said. “It helped me realize that I wanted to pursue journalism and photography in college.”

Mors said her experience to be so positive that she encourages current high school students to get involved with their publications and MIPA as well.

“I would tell high school students: any opportunity you get to attend MIPA conferences and workshops—go to them,” she said. “You learn from some of the best advisers and instructors.”

Anthony Peddle, an education major at Ohio Wesleyan University, said his experience in high school journalism has helped him succeed.

“One of the best aspects of MIPA for me was engaging with professionals all day,” Peddle said. “It also helped enhance my writing and my approach to how I carry myself.”

Peddle said the knowledge and experience he gained with MIPA will continue to benefit him into the future.

“If you’re given the opportunity to attend MIPA, take it,” Peddle said. “You won’t regret it.”

He also believes that MIPA isn’t something that ever ends, even after high school graduation.

“Four years later, I still recall my days in our publications room, and I’m still going back to help out,” he said. “I not only gained friendships but also an eye for design.”

Thousands of students attend MIPA programming each year, and many graduates use the skills they developed as student jour-nalists during their collegiate endeavors. Whether pursuing jour-nalism, education or something else entirely, MIPA has lessons for

every student looking to better their understanding of the world around them. MIPA reached out to some recent graduates to talk about their experiences and what they were able to take away from their time in high school journalism.

YOUR VOICE

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When we opened a one-pager from a first-time designer in InDesign, several words came to our heads that could de-scribe the layout … but for the sake of this article, we’ll just say it wasn’t going to work.

After a week of working with the de-signer, the two of us agreed the design wasn’t good enough to publish. So over one of our many midnight phone calls, we made an executive decision to take over the page and spent four hours of school the next day putting the paper to bed

Ultimately, the newspaper wouldn’t have shipped that day if it weren’t for the strong relationship between an ad-viser and her editor. Through our four years working together as the adviser and editor-in-chief of Grand Ledge HS’s The Comets’ Tale, we created a working rela-tionship rooted in friendship.

Here are the five key things we learned:

1.    HonestyIf you want something changed, you

must be honest with yourself as well as the other person. You are not always right as the adviser or as the e-in-c. It is a coexisting relationship and one that relies on a com-mon goal of how the publication should look and operate. Sugar-coating and step-ping around issues won’t help — it’s best to be up front about a story, a layout, a photo or any other element, no matter what your feelings are about it.

In or out of the classroom, it is impor-tant both people respect each other’s opin-ions and take them into consideration. In this give-and-take relationship, the adviser and e-in-c each must be able to handle the criticism of the other and have the guts to speak up if something isn’t feeling right.

2.    Constant supportIn and out of the journalism room you

must support each other. In our case, that meant acting as a baby sitter or coming to every musical, and never forgetting each other’s birthdays.

The relationship is somewhere be-tween co-workers and siblings. It must remain professional, but it needs a per-sonal touch. We would bake cakes and get excited for each other, acting as a mini-cheerleading squad any time something exciting happened. The attitudes outside the classroom have a direct correlation with the success within the classroom.

3.    Caffeine Buy a fridge; keep caffeinated beverages

such as pop and Starbucks mochas on con-stant hand. There is nothing that keeps an adviser and her editor happier than a caffeine boost from a Diet Coke or a skinny mocha (no whip) from the McDonald’s drive-thru.

4.    CommunicationTexts, phone calls, emails, in person — it

never stops. We cannot tell you the count-less numbers of emails we exchanged on a daily basis. It was a sign that both of us loved and were committed to the newspa-per and that there was never a bad time to share some thoughts with each other. And it’s important to always reply — even if it is to say you are busy. Knowing the other person has received a message is important.

5.    Being friendsThere is an unspoken special bond be-

tween an adviser and e-in-c. Especially for the adviser. This is the student you see the most,

How to builda strongeditor-adviserrelationshipBy Haley Kluge and Sara-Beth Badalamente

TIPS & TRICKS

SHARE YOUR TIPS & TRICKS

Do you have ideas to share to help student journalists and advisers do

their jobs better? Submit your column of no more than 800 words and

a high-resolution photo to mipa@msu.edu.

ABOUT THE AUTHORSHaley Kluge is a journalism freshman at Michigan State University. She was on the newspaper staff for four years

at Grand Ledge HS, working as a designer, managing editor and editor

in chief. She also attended MIPA camp for four years and was recognized

as a member of MIPA’s Student Journalist Staff in 2013. She works in

the MIPA office.

Sara-Beth Badalamente (known to her students as “O’C”) has advised

newspaper for six years and yearbook for one at Grand Ledge HS. She was

named a JEA “Rising Star” in 2011 and received the future journalism teacher scholarship in 2006 from the national

organization. She is secretary of MIPA’s executive board. She still close

with her high school adviser, Lydia Cadena of Novi HS.

[see EDITOR-ADVISER on page 11]

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In the decades since Mary Beth Tinker stood up for

students’ rights by wearing an armband to protest the

Vietnam War, she has maintained her passion for freedom

of speech. In September, Tinker launched a bus tour of the

United States to spread knowledge and information about

the constitutional rights and responsibilities of students.

By Alex Everard

BANDING

TOGETHERFOR YOUR

RIGHTS

FALL CONFERENCE

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Her actions seemed simple. On Dec. 16, 1965, 13-year-old Mary Beth Tinker wore a home-made, black armband to school. Mary Beth, brother John and a few of other students in the Des Moines Inde-

pendent Community School District were protesting the Vietnam War.

There were some 200,000 U.S. troops in the war-torn nation in southern Asia, and protests were becoming commonplace at American colleges and universities.

But the protest by teenagers in Des Moines would stand out. Tinker’s seemingly simple display would change her life and impact the lives of millions of young people across America for generations.

In 1966, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas would write the words that would lay the foundation for First Amendment protections for minors. And he would be writing about Tinker, her brother and their friend, Christopher Eckhardt, who had been suspended for expressing their anti-war beliefs.

Top: Mary Beth Tinker and her mother at a Des Moines, Iowa, school board meeting in 1965.

Middle: Tinker launched the Tinker Tour in September with Mike Hiestand, who spent two decades as an attorney with

the nonprofit Student Press Law Center.Bottom: The Tinker siblings with their armbands in 1969.

Courtesy Photos

[see TINKER TOUR on page 8]

2013 MIPA FALL CONFERENCEn WHAT: More than 2,000 students and advisers

and nearly 80 breakout sessions, including sessions led by Mary Beth Tinker and the Tinker Tour

n WHEN: Monday, Oct. 21

n WHERE: Lansing Center in downtown Lansing

n COST:

w MIPA members: $11 per student

w Non-members: $13 per student

w Advisers: $25 (includes lunch)

w Registering/paying after Oct. 11? Add $1 per student

n DETAILS: www.mipamsu.org/events/2013-fall-conference/

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? CREATE AN ARMBANDMary Beth Tinker was suspended at age 13 for wearing a homemade black armband to school to protest the Vietnam War.

Coordinate with your student media staff to create armbands of your own to wear to the MIPA Fall Conference. Your armband should say something about an important issue.

Exercise your First Amendment rights. MIPA loves free speech!

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“Neither students nor teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the school-house gate,” Fortas wrote, striking down the school district’s punishment of the students.

Nearly 50 years after she was sus-pended from school, Mary Beth Tinker is taking that message on the road. On Constitution Day, Sept. 17, 2013, Tinker and student free speech advocate Mike Hiestand launched the Tinker Tour, a nationwide road trip to raise awareness about the Constitution among students.

The Tinker Tour will stop at the MIPA Fall Conference on Oct. 21 at the Lansing Center in Lansing.

“One of our main goals is to encour-age youth voices through the use of free speech and free press rights,” said Tin-ker, a pediatric nurse.

The goal of the Tinker Tour is not just to spread awareness, Tinker said. She’s also interested in what students are already doing to express what they believe in.

“We also want to hear how students are using the First Amendment to stand up and speak up for the issues that affect them,” she said.

Aided by the Student Press Law Cen-ter, Tinker has raised more than $50,000 to support the effort.

MIPA is among the organizations supporting the tour.

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District was the leading law governing the First Amend-ment rights of student media for nearly two decades. It prevented school admin-istrators from censoring student publi-cations unless they could show student expression would “substantially interfere with the work of the school or impinge upon the rights of other students.”

Tinker v. Des Moines has been cited in nearly 6,000 court cases since the 1969 decision.

In 1988, the court would roll back some of the protections it gave students under the Tinker ruling.

In a case over the censorship of articles reporting on pregnancy and divorce in the Hazelwood East High School newspaper, the Supreme Court ruled administrators could censor the style and content of student speech in school-sponsored publications as long as their actions are “reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns.”

In the 25 years since Hazelwood, the pendulum has swung from little censor-ship of student media to a heavy-hand-ed approach by too many administra-tors, free speech advocates say.

“No legitimate pedagogical purpose

OCT. 21FALL

CONFERENCE

NOV. 7MIDDLE SCHOOL

CONFERENCE

TINKER V. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1969)The case involved a group of high school and junior high school students who were suspended for wearing black armbands to school to protest American involvement in the Vietnam War. In the Tinker case, the court ruled that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate” and have the right to express their opinions. However, school officials may intervene if the student expression substantially and materially interferes with the work of the school or impinges upon the rights of others. The desire to avoid the unpleasantness that accompanies an unpopular view is not sufficient reason for administrators to censor student expression.

HAZELWOOD V. KUHLMEIER (1988)The principal of Hazelwood East High School censored two pages of the school newspaper prior to publication because they contained articles describing students’ experiences with pregnancy and the impact of divorce on students at the school. The Supreme Court ruled that educators have authority over “all school-sponsored publications, theatrical productions, and other expressive activities that ... might be perceived to bear the imprimatur of the school.” Higher standards for all theatrical and publication activities may be set by school authorities than would be set by some publishers or producers in the “real” world.

In the Hazelwood decision, the court held that school officials may censor the style and content of student speech in school-sponsored expressive activities so long as their actions are “reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns.”

Tinker:Students do not leave their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door.

Hazelwood:School officials may censor anything they decide is against the mission of the school.

Key court cases for student mediaStudent journalists look to two key Supreme Court decisions to determine their First Amendment rights.

PROTESTING VIETNAMBy 1965, there were more than 200,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam, but opposition to the conflict is beginning to grow. Teach-ins — featuring seminars, rallies and speeches — against the conflict were becoming commonplace on college campuses across the country.

On Saturday, Dec. 11, 1965, a group of teenagers met at the home of 16-year-old Christopher Eckhardt in Des Moines, Iowa. They wanted to protest the Vietnam War, and they decided they would wear black armbands to school on Thursday, Dec. 16, and continue wearing them until Jan. 1, 1966.

On Dec. 14, Des Moines school system administrators — having learned of the students’ plans — adopted a policy banning armbands at school. Students wearing armbands would be asked to remove them, and those who refused would be suspended until they were willing to return without the armbands.

Fearing the consequences, most of the students who planned to protest backed out.

On Dec. 16, Christopher Eckhardt, 16, a student at Theodore Roosevelt High, and 13-year-old Mary Beth Tinker, a student at Warren Harding Junior High and family friend, wore their home-made black armbands, complete with peace signs, to school. Mary Beth’s 15-year-old brother, John, wore his the following day to North High School. More than two dozen students wore black armbands on Dec. 16 and 17 in Des Moines high, middle and elementary schools.

Five students, including Eckhardt, Mary Beth Tinker and her brother were disciplined.

[Tinker Tour, from page 9]

Tinker launches tour to promote Constitution, First Amendment

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IT’S TIME FOR

MIPA CONFERENCESBe among 2,000 student journalists and advisers who flock to the Lansing Center to sharpen their skills. Bond with your staff, get pumped about journalism, find some inspiration and just have fun.

Students can attend interactive sessions while advisers can share ideas with others. Enter your best work in our carry-in contest. Awards will be presented at the end of the day.

OCT. 21FALL

CONFERENCE

REGISTER NOW and get more information atwww.mipamsu.org

NOV. 7MIDDLE SCHOOL

CONFERENCE

Dec. 11, 1965A group of students meet at 16-year-old Christopher Eckhardt’s home to plan a protest of the Vietnam War. They agree to wear armbands to school.

Dec. 14, 1965School administrators hear of the students’ plan and ban armbands in school.

Dec. 16, 1965Christopher, a student at Theodore Roosevelt High, and 13-year-old Mary Beth Tinker, a student at Warren Harding Junior High and family friend, wear their home-made black armbands, complete with peace signs, to school. Mary Beth’s 15-year-old brother, John, wears his the following day to North High School. More than two dozen students wear black armbands on Dec. 16 and 17 in Des Moines high, middle and elementary schools.

Five students, including Christopher, Mary Beth and John are punished for wearing armbands.

Dec. 21, 1965Nearly 200 people attend a Des Moines school board meeting where the ban is discussed. The board postpones a decision on whether to back administrators.

Jan. 3, 1966The school board votes 5-2 to uphold the administrative ban.

March 14, 1966The Iowa Civil Liberties Union files a lawsuit on behalf of Christopher, Mary Beth and John in U.S. District Court, claiming the school infringed on the students’ First Amendment rights. The court rules for the school system.

Nov. 12, 1968The case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court.

Feb. 24, 1969The Supreme Court rules Des Moines schools violated the First Amendment rights of the students. Justice Abe Fortas, writing for the majority, declares, “Neither students nor teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

is served by the censorship of student journalism on the grounds that it reflects unflatteringly on school policies and programs, that it candidly dis-cusses sensitive social and political issues, or that it voices opinions challenging to majority views on matters of public concern,” the Journalism Education said in a resolution approved in April. “The censorship of such speech, or the punish-ment of media advisers based on that speech, is detrimental to effective learning and teaching, and it cannot be justified by reference to ‘peda-gogical concerns.’ ”

Tinker said she’s seen the impact on students as she’s traveled the country.

“This is not a good time for student free speech rights or for students to generally express them-selves creatively in schools,” she said.

Students also are being left out of the process to determine their educational futures, she said.

“Students should have more control over the educational decisions that impact them,” she said.

“Ask your students for input on decisions that affect their lives. Then, really incorporate their ideas into the final decisions.”

She said it can be a challenge to keep from get-ting discouraged, but added that young people have often struggled throughout history to have their rights recognized. Yet students keep speaking up, she said.

“It makes me happy to see students speak-ing up for themselves and their rights,” she said. “Free speech is the basis of our humanity and our democracy.”

TINKER: A TIMELINE

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Jayna Salk tries to teach her students about real-world experiences.

Organization. Deadlines. Passion.They’re lessons she picked up during

her own real-world experience working five years as an assistant in the MIPA office. Now she’s putting her experience processing event registrations, designing brochures, sorting awards and making things happen to use as the new yearbook adviser at Troy HS, where she also teaches English.

“I have found that teaching is all about little details, much like my job at MIPA was,” said Salk, who started working for MIPA in June 2008. “Missing the smallest details can really affect the way my lesson — and sometimes my day — goes.”

Salk graduated in 2012 and received her certification in 2013.

“I think a big reason I landed the job that I did was because I was able to net-work with so many wonderful people in the MIPA family,” she said. “Everyone was so supportive and helpful while I looked for jobs.”

Cheryl Pell, who hired Salk in the MIPA office, said she witnessed Salk create con-

nections that enabled her to become a bet-ter adviser. Pell retired from MIPA in 2012 and continues to be a faculty member in the MSU School of Journalism.

“She has a built-in advantage of know-ing so many teachers and having so many mentors in the field who knew she was going to be a teacher,” Pell said. “She got to see a lot of teachers in action, and that could only improve her journalism and her teaching.”

Now Salk is the one in action.Her first year as a teacher has not

come without its challenges, including working from a mobile cart instead of her own classroom.

“It’s a really big pain,” Salk said. “I also feel like it’s tougher on my students, who

don’t always know where to find me for help before and after school.”

But, she said, the situation forces her to be more organized — which helps her balance the challenges of advising stu-dent media.

“Advising a yearbook sometimes seems like I’m wearing a lot of different hats,” Salk said. “I can be coach, mentor, pseudo-mom, copy editor, important-document-signer, administrative liaison, and more.”

But no matter what role she takes on, she said her job is to give students the op-portunity to gain knowledge from learn-ing firsthand.

“Journalism classes teach so many important lessons to students really naturally,” she said. “But one thing I am actively trying to help them see right now  is that the experiences they’re get-ting in yearbook class will mirror the real-world experiences they have in the workplace — no matter which career they choose.”

Salk’s passion for her job originated

Jayna Salk moves from MIPA office to Troy HS yearbook classroomBy Alex Everard and Haley Kluge

ADVISER WATCH

Courtesy Photo

Jayna Salk (back row, third from left) joined the staff at Troy HS this fall to advise The Gladiator yearbook.

[see ADVISER WATCH on page 11]

“She’s passionate about journalism and passionate about teaching, and those two things together are just

a powerhouse.”— Cheryl Pell

former MIPA executive director

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2013-14 CALENDAR

OCTOBER21 Fall Conference

NOVEMBER7 Middle School Conference

DECEMBER7 MIPA Board Meeting16 Spartan Yearbook Fall Late Deadline

JANUARY12 MIPA Board Meeting

FEBRUARY14 Contest Deadline

MARCH1 Judging Day14 One-Day Workshops

APRIL22 Spring Awards & On-Site Contests

MAY11 MIPA Board Meeting

AUGUST3-7 2013 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop

MIPA Board Meetings are at 9:30 a.m. in room 25 of the Communication Arts & Sciences building at MSU.

right in her own high school newsroom at Waterford Kettering HS.

“She’s still probably the most well-rounded journalism student I’ve ever had,” said Brian Wilson, who advises the yearbook and newspaper at Waterford Kettering. “It seemed obvious to me that she’d make an amazing adviser, but there’s definitely something special about having a student follow in your footsteps. Her students are probably just now becoming aware of how lucky they are.”

And ultimately the passion behind the instructor is what will make her a strong adviser.

“She’s passionate about journalism and passionate about teaching,” Pell said. “And those two things together are just a pow-erhouse.”

With the first month of the year under her belt, Salk has no intention of slowing down.

“This job is a little nutty sometimes, but there’s nothing like it,” she said. “The relationships I’m building with students are worth the long hours. I’m hoping to be in this for the long haul.”

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have to confide in and rely on to keep order. Realistically, we spent more time with

each other than we did our own families on some nights. We were always there for each other during the good times, but it’s so much more important to be there through the rough patches. So when big events hap-pened in each other’s lives — breakups, not getting the lead in the musical, getting into a car accident, family health scares — it’s important to be there as a support system and as a friend first.

With the two of us, we operated on a

mutual understanding that our relation-ship was much more like sisters or friends than a teacher and student. We supported through the good times and aided through the bad. That relationship translated into our work together and helped our newspa-per be the best it’s ever been.

Being friends first creates a built in sup-port system and makes working together so much more fun. Even now, we still talk almost every day, see each other on week-ends, and email on a constant basis. It is no surprise that this editor-in-chief knew her adviser was pregnant before she told her own family.

Yearbook Spartan deadline is Nov. 15

Yearbooks with fall delivery should be submitted by Nov. 15. The late deadline is Dec. 16. Entry forms are available at www.mipamsu.org.

Entries for the individual category year-book contest submitted by Nov. 15 save 10 percent. Of course, you can also send them in on the Feb. 14, 2014, deadline as well.

MIPA launches pilot critique service for first editions

Wondering how your first issue shapes up? Get it critiqued by one of MIPA’s Spar-tan judges.

MIPA is launching the Spartan Checkup, a pilot program to provide member student me-dia outlets with feedback on their first issue of the academic year. This is purely a critique ser-vice and is not connected to any awards.

Members can submit an edition pub-lished by Oct. 15 to be sent to an out-of-state judge who will evaluate the issue

against the standards set by MIPA in the Spartan Evaluation booklet. These are the same standards used for the spring multi-issue Spartan Evaluation.

Entries are only accepted in a digital for-mat, such as a PDF hosted on a publication’s website or a service such as Issuu. Print copies of a publication will not be accepted.

The judge’s evaluation booklet will be emailed to the adviser. The cost for this ser-vice is $20. For details, visit www.mipamsu.org/spartan-checkup.

Quill and Scroll updates Principal’s Guide, launches companion website

Advisers have a new resource when talk-ing to their principals about the importance of scholastic journalism programs and the role of student media in schools.

Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists is pub-lishing the third edition of its “Principal’s Guide to Scholastic Journalism.”

The new guide also has a companion website, principalsguide.org.

Print copies of the guide are scheduled to be available Nov. 1 from the Journalism Edu-cation Association Bookstore and Quill and Scroll. Since 1966, the book has been a re-source for principals and other school ad-ministrators as well as for teachers.

The guide was last updated in 2002. The new third edition takes into account the digital age while informing readers about journalism education standards, and in-cludes an overview of how student media achieve contemporary outcomes of Com-mon Core State Standards, teach 21st-cen-tury skills, prepare savvy media consumers and create informed global citizens.

It’s time to renew your MIPA membership

Don’t forget to renew your MIPA mem-bership. Membership runs the academic year and entitles student media programs to discounts on MIPA events and entry into MIPA’s annual contests.

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SUMMERworkshopThey learned it. They lived it. And they loved it. Here’s a quick re-cap of the 2013 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop at Michigan State University.

For more photos from the 2013 MIPA Summer Journal-ism Workshop (and other events!) check out the MIPA Flickr page at www.flickr.com/mipamsu.

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2013 SPARTY AWARD WINNERSMIPA SUMMER JOURNALISM WORKSHOP

The Sparty Award is the summer workshop’s top award.Excellence Awards recognize outstanding work in each class.

The Quest, L’Anse Creuse North HSTheme Packet Design

Kismet, Waterford Kettering HSTheme Packet Design

The Ledge, Grand Ledge HSTheme Packet Design

Unsinkable, Dexter HSTheme Packet Design

Echoes, Bellaire HSTheme Packet Design

The Looking Glass, Laingsburg HSTheme Packet Design

Alex Murray, L’Anse Creuse HS NorthThat ONE in a Crowd

Delaney Davies, Bellaire HSTaking your Yearbook to the Edge

Delaney Davies & Sierra Kintigh, Bellaire HSTaking your Yearbook to the Edge

Megan Remer, Lake Orion HSAll Around Excellence

Caitlyn Theis, St Johns HSAmazing Yearbook Editor-in-Chief

Lauren Boyd, Rochester HSSection Editor Leadership

Hannah Gebstadt, Waterford Kettering HSBeyond the Basics

Brian Fogel, Lakota East HSBest Overall Portfolio

Alexis Kelly, Fenton HSShoot like a Pro

Sean Vichinsky, Divine Child HSEntertainment Coverage

Brianne Twiddy, Woodhaven HSFeature Coverage

Danielle Kullman, Rochester HSMost Creative Approach to Infographics

Camille Willbrandt, Plainwell HSInDesign for Newspaper

Newspaper Editors Class, MIPA 2013Editorial Leadership

Caitlin Heenan, Fenton HSOutstanding Work in Opinion Coverage

Matthew Cox, Pioneer HSExcellence in Sports Coverage

The Tower Team, Grosse Pointe South HSTaking your Newspaper to the Edge

The Hawkeye Team, Grosse Pointe South HSTaking your Newspaper to the Edge

Regina Chen, Stoney Creek HSConsistent Excellence in Writing

Simon Sun, Stoney Creek HSConsistent Excellence in Writing

Eleanor Alexander, Olivet HSJournalism Excellence

Avery Cook, Lakota East HSBest Overall Design

Haley Kluge, Grand Ledge HSExcellence in Multimedia Journalism

Chloe Kosinski, Lapeer County Ed-TechSmile, You’re on Camera

Ashley Powell, Rochester HSVisual Excellence

Camille Douglas, Rochester HSExcellence in Design Portfolio

Rachel Eaton, Lake Orion HSSports Photography

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2013 EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERSKrystin Verran, Grand Ledge HSMost Dynamic Infographic

Emma Puglia, Grosse Pointe North HSExcellence in Multimedia Journalism

Nancy Huang, International AcademyOutstanding Reporting & Writing

Shane Huisman, H.H. Dow HSBest Design Skills & Work Ethic

Jill Monson, Lakota East HSVisual Expression

Kathryn Grier, Lyons Township HSExcellence in Opinion Coverage

Jonathon Breland, Lakota East HSOutstanding Reporting & Writing

Lauren Fang, Lakota East HSMost Informative Infographic

Meghan Hurley, North Farmington HSHome-word Bound

Kristin Warholak, Waterford Kettering HSSports Page Design

Unique Reed, Chandler Park AcademyExcellence in Creativity

Taylor Sprague, Jackson HSEntertainment Page Design

Emma Phillipson, Ovid-Elsie HSPurple Heart Award

Elizabeth Jordan, Rochester HSMost Creative Designer

Madyson Basch, Traverse City Central HSSuper Strong Sports Writer

Rahuldev Mukherjee, Lakota East HSMost Elegant Design

Michael Halvorsen, Novi HSYearbook Editor Persistence

Connor Doyle, H.H. Dow HSSuper Strong Sports Writer

Robert Swetlic, South Lake HSBiggest Change

Alissa Szandzik, Utica HSSection Editor Leadership

Megan Pisarczyk, H.H. Dow HSOutstanding Opinion Writing

Cordero MacNear, L’Anse Creuse HS NorthEntertainment Writing

Lindsay MacAulay, L’Anse Creuse HS NorthAmazing Effort Award

Haley Aouate, Rochester Adams HSDesign Precision

Kierra Fillwock, Niles HSInDesign for Newspaper

Andrew Merica, Niles HSStarting from Scratch, Ending at the Edge

Nicole Skandalaris, Mercy HSPhoto Excellence

Austin Schouman, Grand Haven HSMaster Entertainment Blog

Francesca DiJulio, Grosse Pointe South HSLiterary/Academic Coverage

Hannah Andrews, Ithaca HSPhoto Excellence

Sidney Sparks, Ithaca HSPhoto Excellence

Madison Hunter, Grosse Pointe South HSMost Outgoing

MacKenzie Cahill, Mercy HSInDesign for Newspaper

Natalie Bradley, Rochester HSSection Editor Leadership

Jordyn Pair, homeschooledFeature Coverage

Gabriella Vaughn, Grand Ledge HSReady, Learning & Able

Sarah Dwyer, Clarenceville HSWe Wish There Were More Covers Like This ...

Hope McColl, Oxford HSEditor-in-Chief Extraordinaire

Kelly Arnold, Community HSMost Creative Design

Emily Resmer, Midland HSSports Photography

Louisa Zheng, Novi HSImage Excellence

Katie Vontom, Dexter HSImage Excellence

Meg Darrow, South Lyon HSExcellence in Multimedia Journalism

Ally Barnett, Fenton HSFuture Design Guru

Annie Lewis, Haslett HSCutline Queen

Carlee Porter, Fruitport HSExcellence in Opinion Coverage

Dean Thomas, Grand Ledge HSMost Likely to Become a Reporter

Anthony Prisciandaro, Rochester HSEntertainment Writing

Cassady Collins, Novi HSSports Section Design

Isabella Hickey, Seaholm HSFeature Coverage

Kelly Martinek, Seaholm HSExcellence in Multimedia Journalism

Sabra Francis, Ovid-Elsie HSSuper Shooter

Angela Meador, Lake Orion HSMost Improved

Alexa Walkowicz, Haslett HSRocked Out Entertainment Spread

Sarah Bratton, Eisenhower HSOutstanding Reporting & Writing

Brittany Little, Eisenhower HSInDesign for Newspaper

Emma Simon, Traverse City Central HSSuper Shooter

Irving Quintero, Loy Norrix HSReporter of the Week

Keely Johnson, Novi HSImage Excellence

Sara Dougherty, East Grand Rapids HSFeature Coverage

Harrison Kane, Dexter HSInsanely Talented

Anna Bulkowski, East Grand Rapids HSSuper Strong Sports Writer

Alexa Danek, Laingsburg HSSports Photography

Jada Tipton, Communication & Media Arts HSExcellence in Opinion Coverage

DaVonta Nathan-Miller,Communication & Media Arts HSMost Outgoing

Marey Anderson,Ogden International School of ChicagoInsanely Talented & Brave

Alexander Elliott, Sarah Griffith & Rachel Spencer, Dexter HSBest Plan of Attack

Amanda Koss & Elizabeth Wilson, Utica HSCombat-Ready Spirit Award

The Spark Team, Lakota East HSThe 212th Degree

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