Congratulations to the winners of the August-September 2017 KSPA monthly contest. Winning seven awards, Shawnee Mission East edges out Shawnee Mission North with most wins in the August-September monthly contest. Sports Writing 1st Place: William Yanek from Lawrence High School http://ow.ly/FMz030fQ8EJ 2nd Place: Jonah Park from Blue Valley West High School http://ow.ly/wlG130fQ8CS 3rd…...
Two-day conference celebrates student free speech in Kansas
Celebrating 25 years of free student expression in Kansas, more than 800 students from 80 schools converged on Topeka last week. The event, the KSPA fall conference, gathered students from around the state for two days of break-out sessions, nationally known speakers, critiques and even a student dance. To commemorate…...
Fall Conference: Sept. 25-26 in Topeka
Join schools from all over the state in September for a fall conference unlike any other. This two-day event will inspire you with stories of student journalists bravely reporting. And you will learn from the professionals with their years of experience. Plus, prepare your staff to meet their goals for…...
Congrats to April monthly contest winners!
Congratulations to the winners of the April 2017 KSPA monthly contest. Winning seven awards each, Blue Valley Southwest and Mill Valley tied for the most awards in the April contest. Hot on their tracks was Shawnee Mission East with six awards. Sports Writing 1st Place: Lila Tulp of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/n6gs8sz 2nd Place: Gary Schmidt of Lawrence…...
2017 State Contest Results
Congratulations to the students who provided hundreds of entries for the KSPA State Contests and won the awards below. Thank You The contest would not be possible without the help of . . . Judges from all over the country Volunteers and judges from the University of Kansas William Allen White School…...
Congrats to March monthly contest winners!
Congratulations to the winners of the March 2017 KSPA monthly contest. Winning six awards each, Blue Valley Southwest and Shawnee Mission East tied for the most awards in the March contest. Hot on their tracks was Blue Valley Northwest and Mill Valley, each with five awards. Deadline for April submissions is April 29. Sports Writing 1st…...
2017 All-Kansas Spring Winners
Congratulations to the following KSPA-member staffs who earned All-Kansas status for their news publications, news websites or video news programs. For news publications, our judges critiqued at total of 37 books and awarded 20 All-Kansas awards. Two video news programs from the four submitted were awarded All-Kansas. And in news websites, five entries were…...
Bill Gasper of Hays High School wins Jackie Engel Award 2017
KSPA joins Kansas Collegiate Media in congratulating the 2016 Jackie Engel Award winner. Please read the press release below from KCM: The Indian Call yearbook and The Guidon newspaper adviser at Hays High School has won a top journalism teaching award for 2017. Bill Gasper is this year’s recipient of…...