Claire McInerny is a senior at the University of Kansas and the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Claire is a graduate of Blue Valley Northwest High School, where she learned from adviser Jim McCrossen much of what she needed to learn about great journalism. Claire’s main…...
Mill Valley student wins national JEA award
Kansas’ Journalist of the Year has proven herself one of the nation’s top scholastic journalists. Sarah Darby, a senior at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, earned $2,000 by being named a runner-up in the Journalism Education Association’s Journalist of the Year competition. Last month, Kansas named Darby its 2012…...
March Photo winners announced
Students from Maize South, Sterling, Blue Valley West, Blue Valley North, Shawnee Mission North, Olathe Northwest, Blue Valley and Blue Valley Northwest earned first place finishes in the March Photo of the Month contest. Here’s the complete list of winners: Academics 1st Place (tie) — Jaden Hilgers, Maize South 1st…...
February Photo of the Month winners announced
Students from Shawnee Mission East, Blue Valley West, Blue Valley North and Olathe Northwest are the winners in KSPA’s February Photo of the Month contest. Our photo contest judge chose a portrait of Shawnee Mission East lacrosse players taken by Grant Kendall as the top overall photo for the month.…...
Kansas students bring home awards from JEA/NSPA contests
Once again, students from Kansas high schools and middle schools brought home more than their share of honors at the JEA/NSPA national convention in Anaheim, Calif. Saturday’s National Scholastic Press Association awards ceremony was laden with mentions of winners from the Shawnee Mission district. NSPA Executive Director Logan Aimone paused…...
Newton HS photo wins January contest
Shannon Ahlstedt of Newton High School won the Sports Photography contest and was judged Best in Show in KSPA’s January Photo of the Month contest. Ahlstedt’s photograph of NHS wrestler Hugh McConnell captured the judges’ eye because of its clarity and focus, but also because it captured a pivotal moment…...