Six schools win sweepstakes titles at KSPA state contest
May 7, 2011
Shawnee Mission East, Andover, Piper, Caney Valley, Humboldt and Western Plains high schools won sweepstakes titles at Saturday’s KSPA state contest at the Kansas Union at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. More than 1,000 students from 95 schools competed in carry-in and on-site contests. More... Read more »
Kansas students bring home awards from JEA/NSPA contests
April 18, 2011
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.... Read more »
Goddard student wins Kansas High School Journalist of the Year award
March 25, 2011
Tanner Maxwell of Goddard High School has been named the 2011 Kansas High School Journalist of the Year. Maxwell has been editor in chief of The Lion’s Roar newspaper for the past two years, during which time the paper has received both a national Best in Show at the spring 2010 NSPA convention... Read more »
Newton HS photo wins January contest
February 11, 2011
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... Read more »
20 All-Kansas Yearbook winners named
January 18, 2011
Twenty 2010 Kansas yearbooks earned All-Kansas distinction this year in the annual critique service and contest. Judges from around the country evaluated more than 60 yearbooks in all. The schools that earned All-Kansas honors are (click on the link beneath the list to see a map of the All-Kansas schools): Middle... Read more »
Discussion highlights value of multimedia journalism education
December 21, 2010
Howard Finberg, the director of interactive studies at The Poynter Institute, and Jeff Jarvis from the City University of New York appeared on Minnesota Public Radio’s Dec. 20 morning program to talk about the value of a multimedia journalism education. Their discussion focuses primarily on educating... Read more »
Video news programs join KSPA’s All-Kansas lineup in 2011
November 18, 2010
KSPA in spring 2011 will provide its first video news program All-Kansas critique and ratings service, and in advance of that, the online standards and ratings book is ready and linked here. The standards are based on current practices of professional and student broadcast journalism sites, as well... Read more »
24 Kansas publications earn Best of Show awards at NSPA convention
November 15, 2010
Led by Shawnee Mission East’s newspaper and website, as well as the Maize South Middle School yearbook, 24 Kansas publications earned Best of Show honors at the JEA/NSPA national convention Nov. 11-14 in Kansas City, Mo. The Harbinger newspaper and the student news website, smeharbinger.net, both... Read more »
October Video Story of the Month: Mill Valley
November 10, 2010
October Design of the Month Winners Announced
November 5, 2010
KSPA received 15 entries in the October Design of the Month contest. Here are the winners: Yearbook Design 1st – Ellie Jones, Shawnee Mission East High School, 6A 2nd – Justine King, Maize High School, 6A News Magazine Design 1st – Stacie Sikora, Blue Valley West High School, 6A 2nd... Read more »
