This is our fifth year for the MIPA Journalism Challenges. We are excited to provide this opportunity for your staffs.

Directions and schedule for the 2018-2019 school year can be found on the Challenges webpage.

CHALLENGE #2

For MIPA Challenge #2 – both categories have the same “theme” to them.

The FDA says we have an “epidemic” when it comes to teens and e-cigs. Use the following links to help inspire your Editorial and/or Broadcast Feature story. How you choose to cover it is totally up to you.

• https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm620185.htm
• https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/31/fda-has-met-with-juul-others-in-effort-to-curb-teen-e-cigarette-use.html
• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teens-16-times-likely-use-juul-older-groups-study-120716705.html
• https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/industry-watch/e-cigarettes
• https://www.businessinsider.com/vaping-brain-effects-juul-2018-4

2018-19 CHALLENGE #2 https://mipajournalism.com/student-contests/j-challenges/​

Topics will be emailed to the list serve by midnight October 31, 2018.

Entries must be submitted by midnight November 14, 2018. 

• Broadcast Story Challenge: Students may enter in teams of two, three, or four people. Staffs may enter two entries from two different teams. Students will create a 1:15 to 2:15 TRT story with soundbites, B-roll, reporter voiceover and/or stand up over the topic. Any use of graphics is encouraged, but not required. Tag out line may include your broadcast’s show name or station identifier.
• Editorial Challenge:  Online or print newspaper/newsmagazine publications will submit one staff editorial on the topic provided. Staff editorials are editorials representative of the publication staff, not of one staff member.