Visit KSPA member websites
December 18, 2009
Not on the list? If you’re a KSPA member, send us your school’s journalism website address and we’ll post it here! E-mail us at staff@kspaonline.org. Not a member? Join KSPA by completing a membership registration form. Area 1 Blue Valley High School – Newspaper Stilwell,... Read more »
KSPA honors 19 yearbook staffs as All-Kansas for 2009
December 16, 2009
Nineteen Kansas yearbooks earned All-Kansas distinction this year in the annual critique service and contest. The schools that earned All-Kansas honors are (click on the link beneath the list to see a map of the All-Kansas schools): Class 1A Goessel High School Class 2A Chase County High School Stanton... Read more »
Story on availability of drugs wins Story of Month November contest for SM East student
December 14, 2009
Logan Heley’s story about easy-to-access inexpensive prescription drugs — particularly OxyContin — has earned the Shawnee Mission East student first place in KSPA’s November Story of the Month contest. Heley built his story around a dramatic increase in the number of drug overdoses in... Read more »
Blue Valley photo wins November contest
December 11, 2009
[Show as slideshow] [View with PicLens] Meagan Kabel... Read more »
Former KSPA director John Hudnall wins national award
By Claire McInerny, KSPA Staff
December 1, 2009
Former KSPA Executive Director John Hudnall received the Carl Towley Award at the NSPA/JEA Fall Convention held Nov. 12-15, in Washington, D.C. According to the JEA website, this annual honor is given to one person whose work with scholastic journalism benefits student journalists across the nation. Hudnall... Read more »
KSPA offers students a chance to be political reporters; travel stipends available
November 24, 2009
KSPA is excited to announce its newest learning opportunity for students, “Statehouse Reporter for a Day,” a combination field trip/reporting contest in which students have the chance to interview state officials and legislators about the issues facing K-12 education in Kansas. Statehouse Reporter... Read more »
Hays, SM East publications win Pacemakers
By Claire McInerny, KSPA Staff
November 23, 2009
Two Kansas high school newspapers, The Harbinger of Shawnee Mission East and the Guidon of Hays High School, earned the nation’s highest prize for scholastic journalists when the National Scholastic Press Association announced the 2009 Pacemaker recipients this past weekend at the JEA/NSPA Fall... Read more »
Kansas students win 43 awards at JEA national write-offs
November 19, 2009
Forty-three Kansas student-journalists placed in the various write-off contests last weekend at the JEA/NSPA Fall Convention in Washington, D.C. Eight students earned “Superior” rankings, the highest ranking in the competition, while 19 earned “excellent” rankings and 16 earned “honorable mention.” In... Read more »
Three Kansas yearbooks judged nation’s best
November 17, 2009
Yearbooks from Mill Valley High School, Shawnee Mission Northwest and Maize South Middle School won Best of Show recognition at last week’s JEA/NSPA national convention in Washington, D.C. In all, 16 Kansas publications from 10 schools finished in the top 10 in the carry-in competitions. Newspapers,... Read more »
Kansas students place high in national competition
November 17, 2009
Eight Kansas students received story of the year awards at the JEA/NSPA fall convention this past weekend in Washington, D.C. Three second-place finishes highlighted the ceremony for the home-state students. Broadcast News: Second Place — Brittyn Fuller and Ty Grosshuesch of BVTV Student News Team,... Read more »
