Adviser of the Year deadline approaching

January 29, 2010  
Filed under News, Uncategorized

Journalism teachers and students across the state have an opportunity to honor inspiring and dedicated advisers for high school journalism with the Jackie Engel Award. The nominees must be a teacher in Kansas, and teachers may nominate themselves or be nominated by a student, colleague, administrator... Read more »

All-Kansas newspaper registration now open

January 27, 2010  
Filed under Top Stories

Newspapers and news magazines from high schools and middle schools across the state may now sign up for the All-Kansas critique service and competition for 2010. The cost, as it was last year, is $50. Deadline is March 5, 2010. Registration requires downloading this interactive PDF and sending it with... Read more »

KPC and KSPA announce 2010 All-Kansas Write-Off

January 20, 2010  
Filed under Blogs, News

The Kansas Professional Communicators and KSPA are happy to work together again this year to sponsor the 2010 All-Kansas Write-Off competition. The All-Kansas Write-Off allows student journalists to compete in 24 categories. Categories eligible for national competition are editorial, opinion, news story,... Read more »

HS Journalist of the Year competition deadline approaching

January 20, 2010 • By Claire McInerny, KSPA Staff  
Filed under News, Uncategorized

Kansas high school journalists have an opportunity to showcase their talents through the High School Journalist of the Year competition. Students who wish to enter the contest must submit an application form as well as a portfolio that will explain to the judges who he or she is as a student journalist. The... Read more »

Former Kansas HS journalist of the year to speak at Statehouse Day

January 15, 2010  
Filed under Blogs

John Milburn, an Associated Press reporter based in Topeka, will be one of the featured speakers at the Statehouse Reporter for a Day event, Jan. 28 at the Capitol in Topeka. (Jan. 15 is the last day to register your students for the free event. See details below.) In 1986, Milburn — then a senior... Read more »

KSPA hosts three Middle School Re-Design Workshops

January 11, 2010 • By Mary Patrick, KSPA Board Member, Middle School Representative  
Filed under Conferences

Hello! It is time to shake off those cold weather blues and join us for the 6th annual Middle School Re-Design Workshops. The workshops will be held once again at Maize South Middle School, but our school has a brand-new beautiful facility so note the address change below. There are two prices. Without... Read more »

Statehouse Reporter for a Day deadline extended

January 11, 2010  
Filed under Blogs, Uncategorized

Because of last week’s snows across the state, many of you didn’t have an opportunity to complete your applications for the first Statehouse Reporter for a Day opportunity, scheduled for Jan. 28 in Topeka. (You can read more about it in this earlier story or in the registration packet.) The... Read more »

Jeff Browne, Executive Director

January 11, 2010  
Filed under Staff

Jeff Browne is in his first year as the Executive Director of KSPA. In addition to those duties, he serves as the Director of the Kansas Journalism Institute and as a Lecturer in the William Allen White School of Journalism. Prior to coming to KU, Jeff worked for 10 years at Colorado State University,... Read more »

Maize South MS earns All-Kansas yearbook honors

January 6, 2010  
Filed under Blogs, Uncategorized

Maize South Middle School students earned All-Kansas honors with their 2009 yearbook, joining 19 high school yearbook staffs honored last month. The middle school judge noted several highlights of the Maize South book, called “The Eagle,” which built around the theme “Color Coded”... Read more »