Newspaper Critique Entry Backgrounders

Please review the linked information below for your assigned newspaper programs. This information includes background about the school, information about the journalism program and a statement from the adviser about any special situations or unique circumstances. We hope this information helps guide your commentary in the critique. This year, because so many of our members were only able to publish digital PDF editions instead of print due to remote learning, MIPA allowed our members to submit entries as PDFs. Links to PDF editions are included in the background document.

Please offer plenty of useful feedback. We suggest you find at least 1-3 positive things to say for each area of the judging guide and 1-3 recommendations for improvement - regardless of the score in that area. In other words, we want to see encouraging, constructive criticism.

Please submit completed critiques by within 1 month of receipt.

(listed alphabetically by judge FIRST name)

Allison Floyd

Community High School, Ann Arbor, The Communicator


Mona Shores High School, Norton Shores, The Sailors' Log


Stockbridge Jr./Sr. High School , Stockbridge , Uncaged 



Ben Reed

Dexter High School, Dexter, The Squall


Henry Ford II High School, Sterling Heights, The Generator



Jackie Mink


Annapolis High School , Dearborn Heights, The Cougar Crier


Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, The Tower



Larry Steinmetz

East Lansing High School, East Lansing, Portrait


St. Joseph High School, St. Joseph, The Wind-Up


Traverse City Central High School, Traverse City, Black and Gold Quarterly


Mark Webber

Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, The Day Times


East Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, The East Vision


H. H. Dow High School, Midland, Update


Michael Reeves

Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Sterling Heights, the Vanguard


Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, Newsprint


Traverse City West Senior High School, Traverse City, The Occidentalist


Molly Schmeits

Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Boys, bloomfield hills, THE MSB Crane 


Utica High School, Utica, Arrow


Sarah Kirksey

Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse Pointe Woods, North Pointe


Royal Oak High School, Royal Oak, Acorn Newsmagazine


Midland High School, Midland, Focus 


Susan Colyer

Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Grand Rapids, The Blue & White


Huron High School , Ann Arbor , The Huron Emery 


Roosevelt High School, Wyandotte, Wy-News