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)
Susan Colyer
East Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, The East Vision
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
09/27/2024
10/31/2024
02/28/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Grosse Pointe South High School , Grosse Pointe Farms , The TowerÂ
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
12/13/2024
01/10/2025
02/07/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
St. Joseph High School, St. Joseph, The Wind-Up
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
11/14/2024
12/20/2024
02/06/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Traverse City West Senior High, Traverse City, The Occidentalist
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
10/31/2024
12/20/2024
02/07/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Allison Floyd
Clague Middle School, Ann Arbor, The Cougar Staf
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version of the edition as it appeared in print
Grand Ledge High School, Grand Ledge, The Comets' Tale Newspaper
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
10/17/2024
12/19/2024
02/13/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Midland High School, Midland, Focus
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
09/27/2024
10/25/2024
02/05/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Jackie Mink
Bloomfield Hills High School, Bloomfield Hills, The Hawkeye
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
11/26/2024
12/18/2024
02/12/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse Pointe Woods, North Pointe
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
12/03/2024
01/10/2025
02/05/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, Newsprint
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
10/25/2024
11/22/2024
01/31/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Michael Reeves
Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, The Day Times
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
10/31/2024
12/20/2024
02/28/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
East Lansing High School, East Lansing, Portrait
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
11/07/2024
12/13/2024
02/13/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Mona Shores High School, Muskegon, Sailors' Log
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting the edition in print AND a PDF version of the same edition
Molly Schmeits
Adlai Stevenson High School, Sterling Heights, The Vanguard
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version of the edition as it appeared in print
H. H. Dow High School, Midland, Update
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version of the edition as it appeared in print
Huron High School, Ann Arbor, The Huron Emery
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version of the edition as it appeared in print
Matthew Schott
Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Eagles Eye
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version of the edition as it appeared in print
GLK-UAIS, Gene L. Klida Utica Academy for International Studies, Sterling Heights, Phoenix Free Press
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version. This issue was only distributed as a PDF (it was not printed)
Utica High School, Utica, Arrow
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version of the edition as it appeared in print
Larry Steinmetz
Community High School, Ann Arbor, The Communicator Magazine
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
10/01/2024
12/01/2024
03/01/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Lakeview High School, Battle Creek, The Crystal
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
12/16/2024
02/11/2025
This program only completed two print editions this academic year by our contest deadline. Please base your evaluation on this two editions.
I am submitting the edition in print
Stockbridge High School, Stockbridge, Uncaged
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
10/18/2024
01/31/2025
03/07/2025
I am submitting the edition in print
Mark Webber
Annapolis High School, Dearborn Heights, MI, The Cougar Crier
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version of the edition as it appeared in print
Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Boys, Bloomfield Hills, The Crane
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
(This publication has only published 1 edition by our contest deadline. Please base your critique on this single edition.)
I am submitting a PDF version of the edition as it appeared in print
Roosevelt High School, Wyandotte, Wy-News
Dates of Editions Submitted for Critique:
I am submitting a PDF version. This issue was only distributed as a PDF (it was not printed)