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Heather Springer has been named the 2020 winner of the Sunflower Award, which recognizes a new adviser who shows enthusiasm and dedication to building a strong journalism program. Springer currently advises newspaper and photojournalism at Olathe South High School, where she has been since 2018. In her time at Olathe…...

Due to the school closures announced yesterday, it is with great sadness that we have decided to cancel the 2020 Middle School Mail-In Contest. As schools are closed, we worry that teachers will not have access to files, prints, school finances and so much more that they rely on to…...

Our board and staff have been closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and discussing how KSPA can provide support for student journalism while keeping you and your students safe. At critical times like these, I am so grateful to have a board of directors made up of such thoughtful advisers…...

Congratulations to the students who submitted thousands of entries for the KSPA Regional Contests and won the awards below. A REGIONAL RUNDOWN Over the past month, 85 Kansas high schools submitted more than 2,166 entries to the KSPA Regional Contest. Here are your winners! 1A/2A Results PLAINS REGIONAL:  Full results…...

The Kansas Scholastic Press Association congratulates Shawnee Mission East senior Ben Henschel on winning the statewide honor of the 2020 Kansas Student Journalist of the Year. Henschel leads the Harbinger Online, the school’s news website, as editor-in-chief and broadcast editor. The overall winner is chosen among the winners of three…...

Congratulations to the following KSPA-member yearbook staffs who earned All-Kansas yearbook status in the 2019 All-Kansas critiques. Our judges critiqued at total of 50 books and awarded 28 All-Kansas awards. Judges were supplied a critique booklet and a copy of the yearbook in October. The completed electronic critique booklets have…...