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Summer Journalism Workshop
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KEMPA is excited to offer your students two ways to receive quality instruction in scholastic journalism: a traditional multi-day event held on a college campus, or a custom one- or two-day workshop near you. For details about hosting a KEMPA workshop at your school, click here. To learn more about our traditional summer workshop, read on…
KEMPA’s fun, knowledgeable, high-energy instructors will bring you up to date on the latest trends in writing, photography, layout, and web design! This workshop is for creative, hard-working students and advisers from Wisconsin and northern Illinois for four days. You have your choice of the June workshop on the UW-Whitewater campus or the July workshop on the Northern Illinois University campus. This is a great way to start the school year refreshed, re-charged and re-focused on improving journalism at your school!
Student Scholarships for Summer Workshops:
Illinois Students: The Illinois Press Foundation is providing funds for up to eight full scholarships for Illinois students to attend the July workshop at NIU.
Wisconsin Students: The Wisconsin Press Association Foundation is providing funds for up to six full scholarships for Wisconsin students to attend either of the two KEMPA Summer Workshops.
Directions for Illinois students:
1. Ask your adviser for a letter of recommendation. Ask for this in digital format so you can copy and paste it into the online application form. The letter from your adviser should acknowledge your need for this scholarship and discuss your abilities and involvement in your school publication.
2. Fill out the online application here.
3. Register for the KEMPA Summer Workshop July 12-15 at Northern Illinois University.
DEADLINE: June 10, midnight
Directions for Wisconsin students:
1. Ask your adviser for a letter of recommendation. Ask for this in digital format so you can copy and paste it into the online application form. The letter from your adviser should acknowledge your need for this scholarship and discuss your abilities and involvement in your school publication.
2. Fill out the online application here.
3. Register for the KEMPA Summer Workshop of your choice: June 24-27 at UW-Whitewater or July 12-15 at Northern Illinois University.
DEADLINE: May 10, midnight
Adviser Scholarships for Summer Workshops:
KEMPA will award scholarships to advisers from member schools who have three or fewer years of experience as a publication adviser. This scholarship is to be used at one of KEMPA's Summer Workshops and will cover all the usual fees connected with the event. Recipient(s) will be housed in the dorm, usually on the same floor as camp instructors to provide easy access to them.
Directions for advisers:
1. Write a short essay explaining your anticipated advising needs and goals for the next year. Have this written before you go to the online application, so you can just copy and paste it onto the form.
2. Fill out the online application here.
3. Register for the KEMPA Summer Workshop of your choice: June 24-27 at UW-Whitewater or July 12-15 at Northern Illinois University.
DEADLINE: May 1, midnight
There are a gazillion reasons why KEMPA Summer Workshop is just for you:
• Special Interest workshops to broaden your workshop experience
• Hands on time to develop stories and layouts
• Small class sizes
• Journalism professionals ready and willing to share their techniques and expertise
• Networking with other student journalists and exchanging publications
• Computer labs to provide you with more than just lecture and theory
• Fun, games, food, new friends
Computer Labs:
KEMPA offers students computer labs well equipped with all materials they need for layouts and design: Photoshop, Dreamweaver and InDesign on PCs at UW-Whitewater and Macs at Northern Illinois University. Students can save work on their own flash drives or on the KEMPA network to be downloaded once they return home.
Informal Critiques:
If you want your school paper or yearbook informally critiqued at the workshop, bring it along with you. This critique gives students a head start on improvements for 2009-2010. (This critique is not to be confused with the fall contest/critique. Member schools have received special forms for submissions for the fall contest/critique. Those results are announced at Fall Conference in October.)
Awards:
The awards assembly scheduled on the last day allows instructors to recognize students who have done outstanding work in their core groups during the workshop. Also, students who complete all assignments will receive certificates of completion. Advisers will receive written feedback on their students’ work.
Special Interest Sessions:
On two days, workshoppers can select from small group special interest sessions. Choices may include the following:
• Improving Your Sports Section
• Dealing with Death and Tragedy
• Copy Editing
• Sports Photography
• Leadership for Editors
• Private School Issues
• Dealing with Mugs and Seniors and Other People Issues
• Magazine Design Trends
• Headline and Caption How-Tos
• Dealing with Photography and Digital Issues
• Alternative Marketing/Fundraising
Large Group Sessions:
On the first evening, the next morning, and the following afternoon, core groups take a break and all workshoppers meet together. Possible topics for this summer: Press Law, Convergence Journalism, Professional Photography Portfolio.
Meals and Housing:
Workshop participants will be housed in university residence halls, located in close proximity to the workshop session facilities and dining services. Housing is two to a room, with guys and girls on separate floors. Workshoppers provide their own linens (sleeping bags or sheets and blankets; towels; pillows, etc.) Residence halls are supervised by KEMPA counselors, as well as workshop instructors. Fees include three meals a day, served on campus, beginning with first day dinner and ending with final day lunch. In addition, evening snacks are provided each day.
What To Bring:
Be sure to bring comfortable walking shoes since this is a university campus. (Sorry, we can’t move the buldings closer together!) Also be sure to bring clothing you can layer so you are prepared for both the outdoors and the air-conditioned indoors. Other must-have items include alarm clocks, notebooks, pens and a USB flash drive to save your work and download files. You will also receive a list of recommended items to bring. Students may want to bring laptop computers, but please be aware that the university and the workshop are not responsible for loss or theft of electronic items. Before you leave school in the spring, pick up copies of your publication to share on the first night at evening snack time in the dorm basement.
Links:
Click here to download our six-page brochure with information about both workshop sessions and registration forms.
Ready to sign up now? Use these links for registration forms for the June workshop at UW-Whitewater or the July workshop at Northern Illinois University. Register online for the June workshop at UW-W by clicking here.
- For a map of the UW-W campus, click here
- For the location of UW-W, click here.
- For more about the NIU workshop, click here.
- For a map of the NIU campus, click here
For more information on upcoming workshops, call or e-mail:
- Linda Barrington,
Summer Workshop Director (414-773-2123)
e-mail: lbarring@wi.rr.com - Jan Kohls,
KEMPA Executive Director (920-563-6517)
e-mail: kohlsjb@idcnet.com - UW-W Continuing Education (800-622-0350).
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