Today’s regional competition at the University of Kansas wraps a great journalism week for KSPA and the state of Kansas. Throughout Scholastic Journalism Week, Kansas students and advisers shone bright. On Monday we announced three students from across the state who earned designation as Kansas Student Journalists of the Year. Monday…...
Capturing Regionals
A photo gallery by University of Kansas student Lauren Muth of the morning session at the KSPA regional contests Friday, Feb. 28 at the University of Kansas Union. Students competed in nine on-site contests including Copy Editing, Sports Writing and Feature Writing. Dean Ann Brill of the William Allen White…...
Julia Poe of Shawnee Mission East named top student journalist
Julia Poe, a senior and two-year editor-in-chief of Shawnee Mission East High School’s news website, received the award as Kansas Student Journalist of the Year 2015 during a ceremony Monday, Feb. 23. Poe earned the honor in competition with 16 other student journalists from around the state of Kansas…...
Kansas adviser wins Special Recognition Award
Congratulations to Shawnee Mission West yearbook adviser Amy Morgan for her award of Special Recognition Yearbook Adviser from the Journalism Education Association. The award was announced Jan. 19 on JEA’s website. Morgan advises the Saga staff at the high school in Overland Park. Morgan also acts as KSPA’s secretary and has…...
November 2014 Monthly Contest Results
Congratulations to the winners of the November 2014 monthly contest! Be sure to follow @kspastaff on Twitter so that we can mention you and your award-winning work. Please contact us at staff@kspaonline.org with any corrections or questions. There were 137 entries in the contest this month, and 14 different schools…...
All-Kansas Yearbook Rankings announced
Congratulations . . . to the 23 yearbooks to earn an All-Kansas evaluation, the highest distinction presented to yearbooks for overall excellence. Below you can find a list of the All-Kansas yearbooks divided by classification. Judges from around the country — fifteen in all — commended the books they saw…...
NSPA/JEA Convention Awards Round-up
Returning from the national semi-annual high school journalism convention this weekend was made more difficult by extra baggage for KSPA member schools: lots of awards! From Nov. 6-9 in Washington DC, the NSPA and JEA hosted a convention at the Wardman Park Marriott. The National Scholastic Press Association handed out…...
September 2014 Monthly Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 KSPA monthly contests. The results listed here are partial due to delays in the judging of News Story, Feature Story and Yearbook Copy. Those results will be available before the end of the week. Over 130 entries were submitted at www.kspaonline.org in 13…...