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STORIES TO TELL

•Senior Photography Quest •Gunterman's Workshop •Handling Controversy •Gunterman's Workshop •First Amendment Issues •Chicago:Hoosiers Do Well
•Knight Foundation Survey
•Knight Survey Reflections
•Dennis's adviser interview
•Hadley: 'Circle the Wagons'

NEW BLOG
Check Diana Hadley's weekly blog for IHSPA updates during the 2007-08 school year. Click above or on the Director's Page link for her latest column.

IHSPA YEARBOOK CRITIQUE GUIDEBOOK NOW ONLINE
Click the heading above to download a copy of the newly-updated guidebook used by our nationally-acclaimed yearbook judges.

EXECUTIVE BOARD
MEETING DATES

• Executive Board will meet on the following dates at Shirk Hall: June 14; Aug. 23 and Sept. 27.

All meeting times 11:00 a.m. (E.S.T) except as noted.

NEW WEB ADDRESS:
http://ihspa.franklincollege.edu

IIIIHSPA
101 Branigin Blvd.
Shirk Hall
Franklin College
Franklin, IN 46131

Phone: 800.852.0232

FAX: 317.738.8234

Diana Hadley
Executive Director
317.738.8199

Kande McKay
Executive Board President

Dennis Cripe
Web Editor, Special Projects
Phone: 317.738.8198

The new Center for Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University is another great resource for advisers and students. Click on the icon above to visit the site.

Tom's All Stars
Tom Gayda, adviser at North Central High School, names these journalism students to the "All Publictions Team" during his annual year-end banquet this week. In addition to other traditional awards, Gayda also presented awards to parents who contributed to staff events. See Diana Hadley's blog for more coverage of banquets at Muncie Central, Mooresville and Bloomington North high schools.

•IHSPA director Diana Hadley introduced Dennis Cripe at the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at DePauw University April 12. Click here to read Diana's introduction.

•Click Here to download a related Hall of Fame story published in the Johnson County Daily Journal. Cripe also was inducted into Ball State's "Scholastic Journalism Hall of Fame" on April 25.

Testing for JEA Certification Added to State Convention
The Journalism Education Association (JEA) will administer a test for JEA certification during the IHSPA Fall Convention Oct. 16-17. JEA requires a minimum of five advisers be signed up before the tests can be given. Teachers may apply for the certification test at this link:
http://www.jea.org/certification/index.html

Hoosier Star Yearbook Finalists Named for 2008
Twenty-six newspapers from three enrollment divisions will battle it out for Hoosier Star honors. The final Hoosier Star Judge will name at least one Hoosier Star from each division along with first, second, third and honorable mentions possible. See the full list of finalists at this link.

Audio Slide Show Captures Symposium Experience
Experience the First Amendment Symposium at the State House last March through an audio slide show put together by Isaac Daniel, a Franklin College sophomore. Click Here to see the show.

Journalism Kids Still Doing Better
According to a new 2008 study, students with journalism experience earn higher grade point averages, score better on ACT college entrance exams and demonstrate better writing and grammar slills in college compared with students without journalism education. See more from Jack's new study here.

Six Textbook Reviews ready; More Reviews On The Way
IHSPA officers Sarah Verpooten and Carrie Wadycki have coordinated efforts to provide advisers with reviews of several journalism textbooks (plus a blank review form) to help teachers select books for adoption. Read more about these reviews in Diana Hadley's blog here. You may download PDF files of the six textbook reviews by clicking on the titles below.

•High School Journalism (H.L. Hall)
•Inside Reporting (Tim Harrower)
•Journalism Today (Ferguson and others)
•Newspaper Designer's Handbook, 6th Ed. (Harrower)
•Radical Write (Bobby Hawthorne)
•Scholastic Journalism (Rolnicki and others)
•Visual Conversations (Kansas State Student Publications)
•Matching Text to Journalism Standards: A Guide (Jim Streisel)
•High School Journalism (Streisel)
•Blank Review Form

Hoosier Star, Sampler, On Site Results For 2007
The online version of the 2007 Sampler is available in two formats below. The HTML slideshows feature "The Best Of Indiana Journalism" in three divisions including newspaper, yearbook and photography. The new Sampler also includes Hoosier Star and Merit winners along with judges' comments. The PDF files are available for downloading and printing purposes.

•Hoosier Stars (HTML)
•Sampler Newspapers (HTML)
•Sampler Yearbooks (HTML)
•Hoosier Stars (PDF)
•Sampler Newspapers (PDF)
•Sampler Yearbooks (PDF)
•On Site Competition Winners (State Convention) (PDF)

Academic Standards For Journalism Approved
Academic standards for Journalism were approved by the Indiana State Board of Education on Oct. 3. Those standards, available at the link below, were written to inform the development of course content for the Journalism course in the curriculum. Though other standards await adoption, the Journalism standards can be used to guide the content for Mass Media and Student Publications. Download the new standards here. Read the official news release from D.O.E. by clicking here.

Indiana High School Election Coverage Gallery


BA-ROCKING THE HOUSE AT MCHS

• By Diana Hadley, IHSPA executive director

Please click on the image above to see a full-size version of the Munsonian newspaper from April 18, the issue following Barack Obama's visit to Muncie. Coverage includes a news story and sidebar along with four photos in this beautifully designed front page. Editors ran a first-person account from a senior who called her meeting of the senator, "The most exciting two-minutes of my life."

 

CUB REPORTER USES COLOR IN COVERAGE

• By Diana Hadley, IHSPA
• executive directory

Lawrence Central Editor Kristin Bailey highlighted visits by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, reminding students that for the first time in 20 years the primary in Indiana matters. The Cub Reporter staff also did a nice job designing its March 27 issue around photos of the two candidates and a red, white and blue headline. Click on the thumbnail above to see the full page.

 

NORTH STAR STAFF ADDS SUPPLEMENT
• By Diana Hadley, IHSPA executive director

The Bloomington North newspaper staff developed an 18-page issue that includes various angles about the candidates, the issues and high school students who are involved in the campaigns. Watch this site for more comprehensive coverage of how high schools are covering the Indiana primary.

See a special election page from Floyd Central High School.

 


GREAT EXPERIENCE
• By Carrie Wadycki

Carrie Wadycki knew she could handle the deadline pressure of a local newspaper as a photographer. After all, she had been a photo editor during her college days at Ball State. Writing and reporting, however, was a different situation. It took a "stolen puppy" story and some lessons from desk editors to round out her journalism experience.
CARRIE'S ESSAY
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GOING HOME
• By Christina Pace

During the first few days of her internship with the New Albany Tribune, Christina Pace wondered if she'd be happier as a newspaper reporter. It didn't take long for Christina to reconsider, especially after she met with staff members at Clarksville High School, her alma mater. Pace will take over the journalism program there in August.
CHRISTINA'S ESSAY

INTERACTIVE PDF
• By Dennis Cripe

The new interactive PDF format allows readers to hear audio tracks, view iMovies or see dynamic slide shows at the click of a button. Simply click on the image above or HERE and you'll activate the file. Because the PDF file is large (20 mg), be sure to download the file to your desktop (Mac users, press Option Key as you click on the link above).

FEATURED LINK:
A great journalism
resource.