Overall Yearbook Contest Now Open
Fiery photos? Captivating captions? Fabulous feature writing? See how your 2017 overall yearbook stacks up to national design, writing and photography best practices by submitting it to MIPA’s annual Overall Yearbook Contest & Critique. Before you pack up your room for the summer, take a moment to complete the entry form and mail your 2017 yearbook to the MIPA judges. For fall-distributed books, you have a bit more time. You...
J-Day 2017 Awards now available
MIPA is so happy to honor nearly 1,100 state winners in Overall and Individual contests this year. A complete list of winners is available at: http://mipajournalism.com/j-day-awards-lists/ We would like to thank our nearly 80 judges who reviewed the roughly 1,800 entries this year. Judges range from journalism teachers and professors to professional journalists from across the country. Alicia Archuleta photojournalist, journalism...
February Photo of the Month Winner Announced
The MIPA Photo of the Month theme for February was “love is in the air” and could be interpreted as it fit your school and student body. FEBRUARY’S PHOTO OF THE MONTH Photo by Ashli Wagner of Webster Groves (second month in a row!) HONORABLE MENTIONS Photo by Malissa Pennington of Liberty High School Photo by MaKenzie Resa of Mexico High School...
MIPA Names Bannester as Journalism Teacher of the Year 2017
Today, in a tight decision the MIPA judges chose Jane Bannester of Ritenour High School as the 2017 Journalism Teacher of the Year. For 46 years, MIPA has honored outstanding journalism teachers with the state Journalism Teacher of the Year program. MIPA wishes to honor outstanding high school advisers and their exemplary work throughout their careers. Since 1997, Bannester has been working as a journalism educator at Ritenour High...
Three to be Honored for Service to Scholastic Journalism
Today, the MIPA Board of Directors chose the 2017 recipients of its three service awards, Contributing Medium, Taft and Knight awards. Contributing Medium Award: MIPA recognizes a media outlet or publication, person, or people, who have provided outstanding support to scholastic journalism either to an individual school, a school district or MIPA, in some form. The 2017 Contributing Medium Award winner, Leigh Kolb, English and...
Promising Educator Named 2017 EJE
The Missouri Interscholastic Press Association announces Jessica Cordonier of Liberty High School, Liberty, Mo., as its first-ever Emerging Journalism Educator. In 2017, MIPA launched a new award to recognize promising new journalism educators. These “rising stars” show a commitment to journalism education, improving the media programs at their school and empowering their scholastic journalism students. In her nomination, the student...