Workshop instructors have compiled the supplies you’ll need, and some have requested specific information from you.

Creativity & Print Design
Alyssa Boehringer, Dow Tate

1. Bring your own computer loaded with design software (hopefully Adobe Creative Suite).
2. Make sure you know how to log in to the computer, an Adobe account or your publisher’s design software, as needed. We won’t be able to help you with that part. 
3. Bring plenty of good photos to use in your designs. If they’re current-year photos you can use to design real content, even better.
4. Have access to a blank document, set up to the specifications of your publication (document size, grid system, needed plug-ins, etc.).
5. If you have any designs in-progress right now, or ideas for designs you are ready to move forward on, bring those. 
6. Bring your A-game. We’ll present awards to students who produce some of our favorite work so be ready for that. 

There are two important action items for you to complete no later than Monday, Nov. 8. 

1. Complete this form and give us a little information about you. 
2. Join our Google Classroom. We’ll use this to send you materials and you’ll use this to turn things in. Please join using a non-school Google account. Many districts have permissions set that won’t allow accounts to interact with accounts outside your district. Again, please use a non-school Google account. 

Get the Most Out of Your SNO Site
Ivy Kaplan

Students should come with a minimum of one laptop and charger per group/school. Ideally each student would have access to their own computer, but I know that that’s not always possible.

Reporting & Writing
Kathryn Campbell, Scott Winter

Off screen:
1. Reporter’s notebook
2. Writing utensils

On screen:
3. recommended: laptop or iPad with keyboard
4. a smartphone with photo capabilities

Editorial leadership
Mitch Eden

Students need to bring a laptop, iPad or good ole Notebook and pen to record notes, create action plans, etc.

Broadcast and videography
Michelle Coro

Computer and cell phone or tablet. 

Access to video editing software (i.e Adobe Premiere, FCX, iMovie or WeVideo) or the ability to download apps as needed.

A kit of a camera, tripod, microphone, headphones, batteries, media card, and chargers, with additional resources of a selfie stick and on-camera light, is helpful.

Social-Media Strategies
Chris Snider

Students in the social media track should, if possible, have access to the login info for their publication’s social media accounts. 

Yearbook
Susan Massy, Becky Tate

We are your instructors for the NSPA Yearbook Workshop this Friday. We can’t wait to meet you and share our passion for yearbook creation. Our goal during the two days we have together is simply to help you move forward on work you have already started for your book.

To that end, here are some things you can do to make sure you have a successful workshop. 

1. Bring your own computer loaded with whatever software you use to create your yearbook.
2. Make sure you know how to log in to the computer, an Adobe account or your publisher’s design software as needed. We won’t be able to help you with that part. 
3. Bring access to an in-progress story (interviews already done and maybe you have already started writing it) or a story that is nearly finished that you would like to polish. 
4. Bring access to a design you have already started or are about to start. You will need access to  plenty of good photos to use in that designs. If they’re current-year photos you can use them to design real content, even better.
5. Have access to a blank document, set up to the specifications of your publication (document size, grid system, needed plug-ins, etc.). The easiest thing to do is ask your adviser for a blank template. 
6. If your staff has a style sheet for your 2022 book, please be sure you have access to that as well (or even a hard copy of it).
7. Bring your A-game. We’ll present awards to students who produce some of our favorite work so be ready for that. 
8. ADVISERS: Some advisers provided only their own email addresses rather than those of their delegates. Please forward this email to those in the NSPA yearbook class if this applies to you.

I also have two important action items for you to complete no later than midnight, Tuesday, Nov. 9. 

1. Complete this form and give us a little information about you. 
2. Join our Google Classroom. We’ll use this to send you materials and you’ll use this to turn things in. 

That’s it, new friends. If you have any questions about the workshop, you can reply to this email. Otherwise, we’ll see y’all in Philly. 

Photojournalism
Mark Murray, Margie Raper, Mike Simons

We’re looking forward to having you join us for the photojournalism track in Philadelphia. Please complete the survey linked below to help us better prepare for our time together.  Note that we want you to upload THREE photographs you’ve taken this school year to show us a little bit of your eye and current capabilities — don’t worry or think about it too hard, but show us three photos that you’re proud of, feel a connection to, or are getting printed in your publications. 

Workshop Survey

Please respond to our workshop survey by Wednesday at noon, your time. 

As you start to pack for departure from your homes, remember your “to bring” list for our course: 

• A DSLR or mirrorless camera, 
• Storage card, 
• Battery and charger, 
• Any extra lenses if available, 
• A computer with access to image editing software (could be Photoshop, Lightroom, Photopea or some other product)

We will NOT have Internet access in our classroom, and cannot guarantee that phone hotspots will have good connectivity. 

Streets of Philadelphia team reporting
Chuck Clark, Elizabeth Smith

What you should bring with you for this track —

• Your mobile phone and your charger. Seriously, bring that charger.
• A notebook to take notes in.
• Something to write with — pen, pencil, crayon, whatever you prefer.
• Rain gear — It’s supposed to be wet Friday, and you’ll be outside some.
• If you’d like to bring a laptop, it will be helpful. (You’re responsible for keeping it safe.)

What to expect —

We’ll gather at 9 a.m. Friday for a coaching session. We will put you into teams of three or four students — ideally, folks you don’t know — and to give you your prompt, which your team will use to find its story.

Each team will produce a package that includes a written story, still photos and video. You also are welcome to include infographics, illustrations and social media in your package.

Friday will be your day for reporting. You’ll do your reporting in the Reading Terminal Market, which is adjacent to the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott and is bustling with people throughout the day. We’ll set a time and place for everyone to check in just after lunch to see how the reporting is going.

Saturday morning will be the time for collaboration and pulling it all together. Teams that are staying over Friday night are welcome to work on their stories during that time, as well.

Before you come to Philly, we’d like to get to know you just a bit. Please fill out this Google form.

Digital Storytelling
Amy DeVault, Sara Quinn

Phone, notebook, writing instrument

Students will need phones and laptops, along with the appropriate cords to keep them juiced up.

If students have another camera, they might enjoy having that to use, too, but it’s not necessary.

We might be out of the hotel on occasion, so make sure students are wearing comfortable shoes and appropriate clothing for outdoors.