Thank you for your interest in being a critique judge for the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association! MIPA critiques provide our member programs a detailed evaluation of their overall media products. We've developed general standards for quality print news publications, yearbooks, broadcast video programs and news websites. Our critique judges apply those standards to the program using our judging booklet and provide written feedback about strengths and areas for improvement.
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MIPA is among a consortium of scholastic press associations that worked with the Journalism Education Association to develop and support a self-paced, online training module for advisers who want to do critiques.
At this time, we do not require our judges to have completed this training - but we strongly recommend it for anyone who judges scholastic media contests (regardless of whether you're an established judge or looking to get started for the first time). Click here to learn more about JEA's online training.