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| Sunday bonus classes | Instructor | Class supplies |
| Photoshop | Wade Kennedy & Mark Murray | Each student will need a computer already loaded with Adobe Photoshop. Please check before the workshop by logging in to Creative Cloud and opening the software. |
| Illustrator | Jennifer DeLafuente | Each student will need a computer already loaded with Adobe Illustrator. Please check before the workshop by logging in to Creative Cloud and opening the software. |
| Premiere | Grant Johnson | Each student will need a computer already loaded with Adobe Premiere. Please check before the workshop by logging in to Creative Cloud and opening the software. |
| Instagram Storytelling | Margie Raper and Mike McLean | Phone with Instagram app along with creative apps such as Canva, Adobe Express or apps of your choosing. |
| Sports Writing and Editing | Corey Hale | Let’s do notebook and pens, pencils, laptops/smart phones/tablets, plus some digital or hard copy examples of your school’s sports coverage from 2022-23, and reach out to your coaches for copies of any of your varsity sports team schedules for next year Wear gear of your favorite sport team. |
| Classes | Instructor | Class supplies |
| Teacher’s Workshop | Charla Harris | • copy of their latest publications • favorite/best lesson • grading procedures • list of resources they use to teach reporting/writing/design (like books or websites, etc.) • Laptop |
| Beginning Publication Design | Tucker Love | Students enrolled in this class must bring their own computer, loaded with InDesign and Photoshop CS or CC, copies of their own publication, as well as design inspiration in the form of magazines, newspapers, PDFs digital visual files or graphics notebooks. Access to Adobe Illustrator is encouraged, but not required. Each student needs their own computer, please. Additional materials may be identified in the confirmation letter. |
| Advanced Publication Design | Gary Lundgren and Martha Akers | Students enrolled in this class must bring their own computer, loaded with InDesign CS or CC or access to the yearbook company online site used for by the staff, copies of their own publication, as well as design inspiration in the form of magazines, newspapers, PDFs or graphics notebooks. Students also need access to all the fonts available able for the publication as well as images that can be used designs. Each student needs a computer — no sharing. Test the computer before coming to the workshop so that it is functional. |
| Beginning Feature Writing | Lori Oglesbee | Laptop computer with access to Google Docs and Google Drive. Digital recording device. Open mind. Sense of humor. |
| Advanced Feature Writing | Bobby Hawthorne | Laptop computer with Internet access. Voice recording device. Open mind. Work ethic. Sense of humor. Sweater or sweatshirt. |
| Newspaper Boot Camp | Lisa Roskens | Laptop, pen, paper and copy of your high school newspaper. |
| Specialized Writing | David Knight & Scott Winter | Paper, pen, laptop, imagination. |
| Newspaper Editorial Leadership | Corey Hale | Editorial policies of your newspaper, style rules for your publication, school calendar, several copies of last year’s newspaper, laptop, design sources (newspapers and magazines) and paper/writing utensils |
| Digital Graphics | Jennifer de la Fuente | Your own smartphone with a camera (Android or iPhone) Get a Canva account if you don’t already have one or use Adobe Express if your school has an Adobe account. (Free tier is OK!) A laptop Access to Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Bring design examples from your newspaper, yearbook, or publication’s social media accounts If your publication happens to have a style guide / visual guide, be prepared to talk about it! Bring lots of questions and ideas about what you’d like learn about design or accomplish for your publication. We’ll set some goals during the first class! |
| Video | Margie Raper | You will need to bring the following items: • video camera • tripod • microphone, audio cables and headphones • charged batteries for your camera • memory cards or media for recording your footage • computer with editing software you are familiar with • card reader (if your camera uses memory cards) • notepad, pen/pencil for writing your voice over and taking notes |
| Social Media Reporting | Clint Smith | Students should bring laptops and tablets or phones. DSLR or mirrorless cameras with tripods are encouraged but not required. |
| Beginning Photography | Andrea Negri |
A digital camera, its best if the student brings the digital camera equipment they will be using in school. Its helpful if students also brings the cameras owners manual, if the original camera guide is not available the manufactures website provides free downloadable pdfs. Additional supplies, empty memory card (1-4 gig), extra camera batteries and or battery charger, lenses, electronic flashes, and pens/spiral notebooks to take class notes. Card readers are also needed for this class. A laptop with Photoshop would be very helpful, but is not required. |
| Intermediate Photography | Deanne Brown | A digital camera– it’s best if the student brings the digital camera equipment they will be using in school. It’s helpful if students also brings the owner’s manual for the camera. If the original camera manual is not available, download or print out the owner’s manual from the manufactures website. Additional supplies, empty memory cards (16GB min size ), extra camera batteries and or battery charger, lenses, electronic flashes, and pens/spiral notebooks to take class notes. Thumb drive/flash drives (bigger than 8GB). Card readers are also needed for this class. A laptop with Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop & Lightroom would be very helpful, but is not required. |
| Advanced Photography | Mike McLean and Wade Kennedy |
A digital camera– it is best if the student brings the digital camera equipment they will be using in school. For the advanced class its helpful for the students to bring flashes/strobes/remote triggers. Also bring any photography equipment the student is unfamiliar with. Additional supplies, empty memory card (32-64 gigs), extra camera batteries and or battery charger, lenses, and pens/spiral notebooks to take class notes. Thumb drive/flash drives (8-16 gigs). Card readers are also needed for this class. A laptop with Photoshop would be very helpful, but is not required. |
| Junior HIgh Yearbook Boot Camp | Yvette Manculich and Justin Turner | Your own smartphone with a camera (iPhone and/or Android works). Magazines (old and recent). Rulers, glue sticks, colored markers, pen/pencil, copies of your yearbook, scissors, construction paper, style sheet for yearbook, notebook paper, staff manual and plain white paper for the staff resource notebook. If you bring a computer, make sure you know how to use the software and have some images preloaded to use in your mock designs. |
| Yearbook Design & Concept | Ana Rosenthal | Laptop with software loaded and blank template on desktop, 1 laptop per two students, newest yearbook, current magazines, pinterest ideas, thumb drive, your yearbook company’s idea book, pictures of sidebars, headline treatments, caption designs, any design you would like to create, pen, pencil, paper for note taking, an electronic file of 20-30 action photos to be used on computer mock designs, scissors, glue sticks for students without laptops. |
| HIgh School Yearbook Boot Camp | TBA | Magazines (old and recent) Rulers, glue sticks, colored markers, copies of your yearbook, scissors, construction paper, style sheet for yearbook, notebook paper, staff manual, and plain white paper for the staff resource notebook. If you bring a computer, make sure you know how to use the software and have some images preloaded to use in your mock designs. |
| Yearbook Editors | Judi Coolidge, Becky Tate and Cindy Todd | Be sure you can access and use the software you need on your laptop to create layouts. It’s a good idea to make sure you have images loaded that you can use in your layouts. Bring a power strip if you can (outlets are limited), copies of your yearbook, paper and pen/pencil, yearbook style and staff manuals if you have them, and magazines, etc., for design inspiration (optional). |
Gloria Shields NSPA Media Workshop
National Scholastic Press Association
info@studentpress.org • 612-200-9254