Congratulations to Emily Smith, the 2015 winner of the Jackie Engel Award, presented to an outstanding publications adviser in the state of Kansas. Awarded by Kansas Collegiate Media, the award has a long history with Smith becoming the 26th winner. Please read the text of the press release from Kansas Collegiate…...
Round-up from Denver
Congratulations to many Sunflower state advisers and students for their work at the NSPA/JEA National Convention April 16-19 in Denver, Co. The list below represents awards presented by both the National Scholastic Press Association and the Journalism Education Association. Please email staff@kspaonline.org if you notice any mistakes or omissions. National High…...
Shawnee Mission schools earn five Gold Crowns at CSPA
KSPA congratulates four high schools from Shawnee Mission for their award-winning entries in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Crown Awards. The awards for outstanding yearbook, “hybrid” and newspaper work were handed out on Friday, March 20 at Columbia University in New York City. High School Yearbook Gold Crowns Hauberk,…...
National Teacher of the Year Application open
An announcement from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund: Are you advising the school newspaper, yearbook staff, or other media at your high school? Do you teach students how to produce digital content, create compelling stories, use social media, or practice journalism? If so, apply, or, encourage a friend to apply for…...
KC Press Club Scholarship due May 1
The Kansas City Press Club is now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 William B. Moorhead journalism scholarship. This year, the award is expected to be about $2,000 for an outstanding high school senior who plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in journalism. The winner can renew the Moorhead scholarship in…...
February Monthly Contest Winners!
From 125 entries, the judges for our monthly contest chose the 40 winning entries below as the best of the submissions. Shawnee Mission East High School collected 10 awards including 5 first place entries. Kyra Haas of Lawrence Free State collected two awards (first in News Writing and contributed to second…...
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…...