2025 IHSPA State Convention

Is your yearbook staff tempted to cut copy? Don’t sacrifice storytelling, too! Alternative copy such as graphics and quick reads are a great way to increase coverage, mix things up, and keep your readers glued to the page. This session will have you taking control of your coverage in new and interesting ways.

Practical experiences and training in social media content have never been more important than today for students focused on careers in professional media environments. However, providing effective training and experience in social media is difficult in the traditional scholastic learning environment due to a variety of factors, including instructor unfamiliarity with platforms and features, and the difficulty in keeping up to date with technological change. This session focuses on ways to effectively work with students towards developing skills across social media content types, and how to stay up-to-date with changes in the social media content environment.

Practical experiences and training in social media content have never been more important than today for students focused on careers in professional media environments. However, providing effective training and experience in social media is difficult in the traditional scholastic learning environment due to a variety of factors, including instructor unfamiliarity with platforms and features, and the difficulty in keeping up to date with technological change. This session focuses on ways to effectively work with students towards developing skills across social media content types, and how to stay up-to-date with changes in the social media content environment.

Student editors from yearbook, newspaper, and broadcasting staffs gather for informal, student-led roundtable discussions. This is an opportunity to talk and bounce ideas off each other -- from staff management to promoting your social media, this is your chance to swap ideas and publication0s (bring copies to show off!) and see how other schools handle different student media problems that arise.