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


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


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


Traverse City West Senior High, Traverse City, The Occidentalist



Allison Floyd

Clague Middle School, Ann Arbor, The Cougar Staf


Grand Ledge High School, Grand Ledge, The Comets' Tale Newspaper


Midland High School, Midland, Focus



Jackie Mink

Bloomfield Hills High School, Bloomfield Hills, The Hawkeye


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


Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, Newsprint



Michael Reeves

Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, The Day Times


East Lansing High School, East Lansing, Portrait


Mona Shores High School, Muskegon, Sailors' Log


Molly Schmeits

Adlai Stevenson High School, Sterling Heights, The Vanguard


H. H. Dow High School, Midland, Update


Huron High School, Ann Arbor, The Huron Emery


Matthew Schott

Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Eagles Eye


GLK-UAIS, Gene L. Klida Utica Academy for International Studies, Sterling Heights, Phoenix Free Press


Utica High School, Utica, Arrow



Larry Steinmetz

Community High School, Ann Arbor, The Communicator Magazine


Lakeview High School, Battle Creek, The Crystal


Stockbridge High School, Stockbridge, Uncaged



Mark Webber

Annapolis High School, Dearborn Heights, MI, The Cougar Crier


Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Boys, Bloomfield Hills, The Crane


Roosevelt High School, Wyandotte, Wy-News