KEMPA Summer Workshop

Summer Journalism Workshops

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WHO:
Any student entering grades 9–12
Newspaper and Yearbook Advisers

WHAT:
Workshop to acquire and improve journalistic skills

WHERE:
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and at host schools

WHEN:
July 20-23, 2008 @ UW-W

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…

Plan to get your first on-campus experience at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at KEMPA’s annual Summer Journalism Workshop July 20-23. Set in the rolling hills of the Kettle Moraine area of southern Wisconsin, the UW-W campus is ideal for all students, whether from southern Wisconsin or northern Illinois.

Our instructional approach:

When you register for Summer Journalism Workshop, you’ll be signing up for a well-rounded range of focused instruction in three areas: journalistic writing, layout and design, and photography.
Time will be set aside for supplemental instruction and activities in student press law, leadership, caption and headline writing, and more.
Students will be assigned to one of three rotation groups, A, B, and C. On Day One, Group A would study journalistic writing, Group B would study layout and design, and Group C would study photography. On Days Two and Three the groups rotate so that all students would receive instruction in all three content areas.
Groups are subdivided into newspaper and yearbook for more specialized emphasis in each area of study.

Rationale:

Many students attend Summer Journalism Workshop without a lot of experience in journalism, so this instructional approach will give them a broader base of information to take back to their publications.
With instructors who have expertise in specialized areas, students will receive even better journalism instruction.
Both college and professional newspapers are moving to varied platforms for their publications, which require journalists to have a wide range of skills, including writing, design, photography and more. KEMPA’s instructional approach will provide training in all these areas.

Planning summer:

As you recruit new students for your publication, let them know right away that you’d like them to attend KEMPA’s Summer Journalism Workshop, July 20-23.
The cost is $325 (including room and board) for early registration, $340 after May 30.
Click here for the registration form, which is also mailed to schools in the spring.

The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation offers scholarships for Wisconsin students to attend the summer workshop. Click here for an application.

Advisers: KEMPA offers scholarships to the summer workshop for teachers from member schools who have three or fewer years of experience advising student publications. Information and scholarship application forms are included in the yearly membership mailing, which schools receive in March. Send letters of inquiry or application to Jan Kohls, KEMPA executive director, 209 Heritage Drive, Ft. Atkinson, WI 53538. Click here for the application.

KEMPA is a registered professional development provider with the Illinois State Board of Education. The Summer Workshop earns Illinois teachers 25 CPDUs towards recertification.

All participants are housed in UW-Whitewater residence halls with instructional sessions in Heide Hall. Meals are served in the recently-remodeled Esker Dining Hall.

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).

For more information, email us: Contact KEMPA