Michigan Interscholastic Press Association

06/01/2026

Get ready to write in “Journalistic Storytelling.” The basics of reporting, writing, and editing will be covered in the class with Jim Streisel who is the adviser of “The HiLite” in Carmel, Indiana. This course fills up fast so make sure you register to save your spot! https://mipamsu.org/mipa-summer-workshop/

05/28/2026

Registration is open for the summer journalism workshop! Our InDesign for publications instructor Cammie Hall will teach you the basics of Adobe InDesign that you can apply to your yearbook and newspaper. Lock-in with this nationally recognized program’s adviser this July. https://mipamsu.org/mipa-summer-workshop/

05/27/2026

Registration is open for MIPA’s Summer Journalism Workshop! Save your spot in our newest class taught by Mishal Charania: The Digital Media Playbook. This course will help you take your publication to the next level in marketing, content creation, website building, and branding. Mipamsu.org/mipa-summer-workshop

05/17/2026

You and your students are invited to an informational meeting about MIPA's Summer Journalism Workshop that we would love for you to attend at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21 on Zoom.

https://mipamsu.org/mipa-summer-workshop/

04/19/2026

Congratulations to Francis Badalamente of Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor!

04/17/2026

Woot!

Congratulations to the six finalists for JEA's National Journalist of the Year. The 2026 Journalist of the Year will be named Saturday at the 3:30 p.m. awards ceremony as part of the Spring 2026 JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Minneapolis.

California - Ava Knapp of Palo Alto High School
Florida - Lia Miller of Hagerty High School
Kansas - Sofia Ball of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Michigan - Satvika Ramanathan of Huron High School
Missouri - Vincent Hsiao of Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Texas - Logan Day of Caney Creek High School

10/08/2025

Visit the Lansing Center concession stand from 11-2 in the North Point Cafe off the Main Concourse

10/07/2025

Most essential item acquired

09/16/2025

If you are a designer, this contest is for YOU.

About the contest:
MIPA is looking to have a student design the artwork for this year’s summer journalism workshop. The theme is: Fearless. 🌟Talk to your adviser for details

08/21/2025

Darcy has always been a star to us! 🤩

JEA names 12 teachers as 2025 Rising Stars to recognize their dedication to scholastic journalism and media advising. They will be recognized at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Nashville this November.

Rising Star awards are presented to advisers who are in their first five years of advising and have had success advising at least one media program. The 2025 Rising Stars are:

- Taylor Bowers, CJE, Bentonville West High School, Centerton, Arkansas
- Stacy Dawson, CJE, Saint Francis High School, Mountain View, California
- Nicole Goodman, CJE, Waterloo (Iowa) West High School
- Darcy Hassing, CJE, Lakeview High School, Battle Creek, Michigan
- Christopher Heady, Shawnee (Kansas) Mission Northwest High School
- Jodi Hwang, CJE, Los Altos (California) High School
- Yary Lira, McKinney (Texas) High School
- Jeanette Lockwood, Desert Ridge Junior High School and Desert Ridge High School, Mesa, Arizona
- Marie McCulloch, Rocky Mountain High School, Meridian, Idaho
- Ethan Pender, CJE, Darlington School, Rome, Georgia
- Jamie Reynolds, Melbourne (Florida) High School
- Katheryn White, Gulfport (Mississippi) High School

Read more: https://jea.org/news/jea-honors-12-rising-stars-in-2025/