theres no i in journalism fall 2013

There’s no

Presented by:Jesse Sutherland

Brian WilsonWaterford (MI) Kettering High School

i[*well, OK. There’s one. But that’s it.]

*in Journalism

Staff

[or team, or program, or whatever you call it.]

Develop your

There’s no ‘i’ in Journalism*

Celebrate birthdays: how many

different ways can you sing the

same song?

{We came up with Spanish, French, whispered,

shouted, yodeled, Irish, cello’ed, scream-o, opera}

There’s no ‘i’ in Journalism*

Have a Secret Santa gift exchange

[I knitted you a lovely sweater.]

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Elect staffers of the week

{But then hold them to every single campaign promise they

made.}

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Make paper plate awards for a

year-end banquet

[Just avoid using the toxic markers if you plan to

eat off of those plates later in the day. I’ll only

make THAT mistake once.]

There’s no ‘i’ in Journalism*

Develop a line of Jones Soda

personalized bottles

{Copyright infringement? Never heard of it.}

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Play Icebreakers

[If you start chipping ice before Labor Day, by June

you have a lovely sculpture. Then it melts. See how

well that analogy fits?]

There’s no ‘i’ in Journalism*

Listen to music, but make it a

shared experience.

{Hey! Get those things out of your ears!}

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Help them realize how much they

care about each other

[Huh. Was not aware of your softer side.]

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Be willing to do stuff that most

people would consider really dumb.

{They never really thought you were that cool

anyway.}

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Allow nicknames to happen

[Mine is M-C-Lean. I DJ on the weekends]

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Eat food. Lots and lots of food.

{I know we’ve had brownies three times this week.

Deal.}

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Don’t be afraid to show some

emotion

[you big crybaby]

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Share with one another

{You have a LIFE? Get OUT…}

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Make everyone feel welcome right from the start

[If you have a mat, that helps. But it’s not required..]

There’s no ‘i’ in Journalism*

Be accessible

{But if you post about font choices at three in the

morning, don’t expect more than 26 responses.}

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Share your love for the program

[Go ahead. Hug it out.]

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Celebrate successes

{Woo hoo!}

Department[because it just sounds cool]

Build your

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Get married.

{think we’re joking? We’re not…}

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Hold an overnight lock-in extravaganza

[don’t make any plans for the rest

of the weekend, either]

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Get to know people at a

get-to-know-you Picnic

{your bean salad contains HOW many

different beans? Wow.}

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Create common goals

[Not ‘common’ like ‘boring’. Common

like ‘together and stuff’.]

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Get to know each other

{Have we met? Uhh…yes. Yes we have..}

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Give out department swag

[Look how cool we are! Seriously! Come back!]

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Promote each other

{Congratulations! You got the job.}

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Cover live events together

[“Aw, but I liked it a lot better when we

found out about stuff four weeks after it

happened,” said no one ever..]

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Raise money together

{And have fun at the same time! Two birds! One stone!.}

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Represent together

[Oh…you don’t know how to ‘represent’?!]

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Go to conferences and conventions together

{Hey! Kinda like this one!}

There’s no ‘i’ in Journalism*

Proof is in the pudding:

www.waterforddrift.com

@WaterfordDrift

facebook.com/WaterfordDrift

[Not really sure if this fits at all here, but it felt right]

Questions?Jesse Sutherlandjmclean3@gmail.com

@jmclean3

Brian Wilsonbwilson3560@gmail.com

@wilsob01

There’s no ‘i’ in Journalism*