IHSPA PRESS KIT
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 2008-09 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: Sept. 27.
All meeting times 11:00 a.m. (E.S.T) except as noted.
NEW WEB ADDRESS:
http://ihspa.franklincollege.eduIIIIHSPA
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.
Varvel Keynotes Packed House; Granger wins Sengenberger
Students and advisers packed classrooms at Franklin College Oct. 16 and 17 to participate in "conversion" workshops that ranged from Photoshop and In Design sessions to advanced instruction in video editing. Gary Varvel (above), cartoonist for the Star, keynoted Friday's Opening Session and students participated in On Site events including cartooning (above left). Elizabeth Granger, Lawrence Central High School, won the coveted Sengenberger Award for outstanding teaching and advising. See full convention coverage HERE including Harvey Awards and Hoosier Star listings.
Gunterman a 'Distinguished Adviser' Ryan Gunterman, adviser at Bloomington High School North and former president of the IHSPA was awarded Dow Jones coveted "Distinguished Adviser" award at JEA's national convention in St. Louis. Four advisers are chosen national by Dow Jones as Distinguished Advisers as part of the National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Program. Gunterman, right, receives his award from Linda Shockley, deputy director of DJNF.
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Career 'Pathway' Strategy Available
Department of Education's Mary Andis and the IHSPA have been working to create an academic career path for journalism within the Core 40 curriculum. Click below to see this path in detail from a student's freshman year to graduation.
•Journalism Academic Career Path (PDF)
First Look At First Amendment License Plate
Lake Central High School journalism students have collaborated with the Indiana Department of Transportation to create a "First Amendment" license plate program that is open to any Indiana driver. See the design below.
•First Amendment License Plate (PDF)
Let The IHSPA Help With Your Election Coverage
High School newspapers across the Hoosier landscape continue to explore innovative ways to cover the upcoming state and national elections. The IHSPA encourages staffs to submit PDF files of their election pages (including editorial pages) to us. By featuring these pages on this Web site, we hope staffs will exchange ideas and even use politial photos that other schools have used in their coverage. Contact Diana Hadley for photos taken of Barack Obama and John McCain submitted to us by Muncie Central and Richmond High School photographers.
Teacher Interns Complete Successful Summer
Scecina adviser Chad Tuley became the first to complete a "broadcast" internship when he completed four weeks of work with Channel Six news. Chad joined Meredith Bledsoe, Hamilton Southeastern, who interned as a photographer for the Indianapolis Star and Lori Volheim, Elkhart Memorial, who joined the news staff at the South Bend Tribune. See a special audio slide show of Lori's exprience here, and don't miss each intern's essay at the bottom of this page including a slide show of Meredith's favorite photos from her summer at The Star.
An Audio Interview With Chad Tuley
•Tuley says that internships give advisers the opportunity to upgrade their own skills, especially technical skills that directly benefit students in the classroom.
Hoosier Star Finalists Named for 2008
Twenty-six yearbooks and 26 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 yearbook finalists here.
See the full list of newspaper finalists here.
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
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
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