More than 1,000 students from 95 schools competed in carry-in and on-site contests. More than 50 judges pored over the 1,277 entries. First-place entries earned 5 points, second-place entries earned 4, third-place 3 and all honorable mentions earned 1 point each.

Individual winners have been posted all day on the KSPA Twitter account. Here are the spreadsheets of the winners:

• Class 5A/6A
• Class 3A/4A
• Class 1A/2A

Here are links to watch the three winning video news package entries:

• Class 5A/6A Blue Valley
• Class 3A/4A Silver Lake
• Class 1A/2A Humboldt

Here are the school totals:

Class 6A

Shawnee Mission East 42, SM North 18, Wichita East 18, Olathe South 12, Lawrence 9, SM West 7, Goddard 6, Blue Valley West 5, Maize 5, SM Northwest 4, Manhattan 3, Wichita NW 1, SM South 1, Lawrence Free State 1, Olathe NW 1, Blue Valley NW 1.

Class 5A

Andover HS 40, Mill Valley 28, Blue Valley HS 22, Salina Central 17, Hays 15, Andover Central 10, Kapaun Mt. Carmel 8, Bishop Carroll 7, McPherson 6, Blue Valley SW 6, Newton 2, Topeka West 2, Salina South 1, Pittsburg 1.

Class 4A

Piper 37, Chanute 33, Bonner Springs 30, Girard 25, Louisburg 13, Holton 8, Ottawa 6, DeSoto 6, Nickerson 5, Russell 5, Baldwin 5, Chapman 5, Rose Hill 4, Paola 4, Smoky Valley 2, Pratt 1, Buhler 1.

Class 3A

Caney Valley 19, The Independent School 15, Phillipsburg 13, Ellsworth 13, Silver Lake 11, Rock Creek 8, Norton 6, Burlington 4, Sterling 4, Osage City 3, SE of Saline 3, Beloit 2, Frontenac 1, Neodesha 1.

Class 2A

Humboldt 50, Canton-Galva 47, Chase County 38, Troy 25, Kiowa County 24, St. Francis 18, Onaga 14, Nemaha Valley 12, Skyline 12, Hill City 10, Cimarron 5, Republic County 5, Lincoln 4, Doniphan West 3, Burlingame 2, Ellis 1.

Class 1A

Western Plains 10, Claflin 7, Burrton 7, Yates Center 5, Satanta 3.

Saturday’s other highlights included the presentation of a variety of awards already announced by KSPA:

• High School Journalist of the Year, Tanner Maxwell from Goddard HS;
• 3A/4A High School Journalist of the Year, Riley Mortensen from Bonner Springs HS;
• All-Kansas yearbooks, news publications, video news programs and news websites;
• Jackie Engel Award (adviser of the year), Amy Morgan from Shawnee Mission West HS;
• Ad Astra Award, Jane Wagner, Russell HS;
• Sunflower Award, Michelle Wilmes, Ottawa HS;
• KSPA Hall of Fame, Derius Mammen, Jostens;
• KSPA Hall of Fame, Michael Dunlap, Blue Valley West HS.

Here is the video of the speech by Jackie Engel Award winner Amy Morgan or you can watch on YouTube:

Here is the video of the KSPA Hall of Fame inductions of Michael Dunlap and Derius Mammen or watch on YouTube:

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 from reading the list of winners and noted the Shawnee Mission district’s journalism.

The crowning Shawnee Mission achievement came during the Best of Show competition for yearbooks 325 pages or longer: SM Northwest finished first, SM East second and SM North third in the contest, which draws yearbooks from across the country. Blue Valley High School’s yearbook finished ninth in the same category, giving Kansas four of the national contest’s top nine yearbooks.

Shawnee Mission schools and Maize South Middle School also brought home NSPA’s most prestigious award, the Pacemaker, high school journalism’s Pulitzer Prize.

Here is the list of Kansas publications that received Pacemakers in Anaheim:

• Harbinger Online (Online Publications) Shawnee Mission East HS; editors Logan Heley, Patrick McGannon and Maggie Simmons; adviser C. Dow Tate
• Indian (Yearbook) Shawnee Mission North HS; adviser Becky Tate
• Hauberk (Yearbook) Shawnee Mission East HS; editors Whitaker Sherk and Jordan Dietrich; adviser C. Dow Tate
• Lair (Yearbook) Shawnee Mission Northwest HS; editors Anne Unruh and Lauren Minick; adviser Susan Massy
• Stampede (Yearbook) Maize South MS; editors Kristi Huynh, Anna Weaver, Natalie Bach, and Jacklyn Brock; adviser Mary Patrick

Here are the Best of Show winners from Kansas:

Publication Website Small School

1. The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.
http://www.smeharbinger.net
Logan Heley, Patrick McGannon, Maggie Simmons, editors
C. Dow Tate, adviser

Newspaper Special Edition

8. Epic, Shawnee Mission West HS, Overland Park, Kan.
Lana Fanous, editor
Amy Morgan, adviser

Newsmagazine

7. The Northwest Passage, Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, Shawnee, Kan.
Maria Davison, Stephanie Spicer, editors
Susan Massy, adviser

9. Epic, Shawnee Mission West HS, Overland Park, Kan.
Lana Fanous, editor
Amy Morgan, adviser

Yearbook 325+ Pages

1. Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, Shawnee, Kan.
Lauren Minick, Annie Unruh, editors
Susan Massy, adviser

2. Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.
Whitaker Sherk, editor
C. Dow Tate, adviser

3. Indian, Shawnee Mission North HS, Overland Park, Kan.
Alexis Reid, Annie Basham, Ben Enyart, Sarah Hendee, editors
Becky Tate, adviser

9. Reflections, Blue Valley HS, Stilwell, Kan.
Gretchen Hess, editor
Jill Chittum, adviser

Junior High Yearbook

1. Stampede, Maize South MS, Wichita, Kan.
Anna Weaver, Jacklynn Brock, editors
Mary Patrick, adviser

In addition to those winners, 29 Kansas students won Write-Off awards from the Journalism Education Association at Sunday’s awards ceremony. The write-off contests were held on Friday. Entries are judged as either Superior, Excellent or Honorable Mention.

Of the 1,454 participants from around the country, 502 received awards.

Here are the Kansas winners:

Superior (7)

• Matt Gannon, SM East, Sports Writing
• Helena Buchmann, SM East, YB Copy/Captions: Academics
• Callie Byrnes, SM North, YB Copy/Captions: Clubs
• Brittany Bonsignore, SM Northwest, Yearbook Sports Photography
• Elaine Odum, SM West, Yearbook Sports Photography
• Grant Heinlein, SM East, Newspaper Sports Photography
• Alissa Pollack, SM East, Yearbook Student Life Photography

Excellent (7)

• Anna Zheng, Blue Valley, Feature Writing
• Logan Heley, SM East, News Editing/Headline Writing
• McKenzie Baker, SM Northwest, YB Copy/Captions: Sports
• Gabby Riggs, SM Northwest, YB Copy/Captions: Clubs
• Emily Kulaga, SM East, Computer Design: Headline
• Natalie Pasley, SM North, Yearbook Student Life Photography
• David Freyermuth, SM Northwest, Yearbook Student Life Photography

Honorable Mention (15)

• Holly Hernandez, SM East, News Writing
• Chris Heady, SM East, Feature Writing
• Connor Thompson, SM Northwest, Sports Writing
• Tyler Absher, SM Northwest, Editorial Cartooning
• Tom Lynch, SM East, Commentary Writing
• Maegan Kabel, Blue Valley, News Magazine Layout
• Kat Buchanan, SM East, News Magazine Layout
• Elizabeth Hudson, SM Northwest, YB Copy/Caption: Academics
• Max Blanchard, SM East, YB Copy/Caption: Student Life
• Hannah Walter, SM East, YB Layout: Inside Pages
• Kate Kulaga, SM East, Computer Design: Infographics
• Evan Nichols, SM East, Computer Design: Advertising
• Daniel Magwire, SM Northwest, Yearbook Sports Photography
• Brendan Dulohery, SM East, Newspaper News/Feature Photography
• Bailey Kopp, SM Northwest, Photo Portrait

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 and a 2010 Pacemaker award at the fall 2010 NSPA convention. The Pacemaker is considered the Pulitzer Prize of high school journalism. Further, Maxwell has won awards at both the state and national level for his reporting, his illustrations and his broadcast work.

Judges noted not only Maxwell’s excellence in reporting and design, but also his courage in reporting controversial stories that stirred the Goddard community to act.

Maxwell will receive a $1,250 award from the Kansas Scholastic Press Association for this honor, and his JOY portfolio has been forwarded to the Journalism Education Association, where it will be entered in the national JEA High School Journalist of the Year competition. Maxwell is eligible for up to $5,000 at the national level. The national winner and runners-up will be announced at the annual JEA/NSPA convention in Anaheim, April 14-17.

Kansas runners-up Logan Heley and Andrew Goble, both of Shawnee Mission East, were cited by judges as strong journalists with impressive portfolios.

Riley Mortensen of Bonner Springs High School earned the Class 3A/4A Journalist of the Year award. In addition to serving as the editor of the Pow Wow, Bonner Springs’ High School newspaper, Mortensen has contributed photographs to the Wyandotte Daily News and written stories for a professional website, The Birdhouse Project. Mortensen will receive $750 from KSPA as her award.

Halee Thompson of Phillipsburg High School earned runner-up honors in Class 3A/4A.

There were no entries from students at 1A/2A schools.

Here are all the winners in the February Photo of the Month contest (a slide show will be added soon):

Sports
First (and Overall Best in Show) — Shannon Ahlstedt, Newton HS
Second — Casey Worthington, Pittsburg HS

Photo Illustration
First — Robbie Bohm, Washburn Rural HS

Academics
First — Brandon Hanchett, Newton HS

Portrait
First — Kirsten Selstad, Blue Valley West HS
Second — Jake Riesberg, Blue Valley Northwest HS

Student Life
First — Alissa Pollack, Shawnee Mission East HS

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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 School:

Maize South Middle

1A:

Skyline High School

2A:

Chase County High School

Canton-Galva High School

St. Francis Community High School

Stanton County High School

3A:

Rock Creek High School

Phillipsburg High School

Sterling High School

4A:

Chapman High School

Buhler High School

Ottawa High School

Anderson County High School

Russell High School

5A:

Kaupaun Mt. Carmel High School

Mill Valley High School

6A:

Blue Valley High School

Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

Shawnee Mission East High School

Shawnee Mission North High School

Shawnee Mission West High School
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Their discussion focuses primarily on educating college students, but it also ranges into professional journalism and the new media landscape defined by technology but still underpinned by traditional practices of thorough reporting and engaging writing.

The discussion underscores what we’re discussing here in Kansas regarding CTE funding: that journalism education is a central part of a good education, and that journalism isn’t a dying profession, just one that ‘s changing rapidly.

You can listen here:

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The standards are based on current practices of professional and student broadcast journalism sites, as well as those standards taught in reporting courses at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.

The key areas for evaluation will be:

• Coverage and Content
• Writing and Editing
• Continuity and On-Air Performance
• Photography
• Technical Quality

The rubrics contained in the guidebook should help online staffs understand how they can cover their school better by creating video news programming that speaks to the program’s primary and secondary audiences and does it in a professional manner.

An entry form for the All-Kansas video news critique and ratings service will be ready by Feb. 1, 2011, and the final deadline for entry will be March 11, 2011. The cost will be $50.

All entries are to be accompanied by between 30 and 60 minutes of programming. That range allows schools to submit whole shows or a compendium of short video clips tied together in some way. How that’s done depends on how the shows are distributed — in five-minutes chunks via daily announcements, in 30-minute blocks over cable news, or in varied format over the Internet. The key will be effective storytelling in a news format, not how the program(s) is distributed.

KSPA continues to work on reviewing its news magazine/newspaper standards and last week unveiled its website news standards. Both of those All-Kansas services have March 11, 2011, deadlines as well.

The Harbinger newspaper and the student news website, smeharbinger.net, both from Shawnee Mission East, earned first place in their respective categories, Newspapers 17+ Pages and Large School Website. Judges named The Stampede from Maize South Middle as the best in the Junior High Yearbook category.

The convention drew nearly 4,500 students from hundreds of schools around the country. Schools submitted their publications for the Best of Show competition during the registration process.

Here’s a complete list of Kansas winners:

First Place

• Newspaper 17+ Pages: The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Annie Sgroi and Andrew Goble, editors; C. Dow Tate, adviser.
• Junior High Yearbook: The Stampede, Maize South Middle School, Natalie Bush, editor; Mary Patrick, adviser.
• Website Large School: smeharbinger.net, Shawnee Mission East High School, Logan Heley, Patrick McGannon and Maggie Simmons, editors; C. Dow Tate, adviser.

Second Place

• News Magazine: Northwest Passage, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Maria Davison and Stephanie Spicer, editors; Susan Massy, adviser.
• Literary Magazine: The Red Feather, Maize High School, Allison Gettings, editor; Sherry Pfeifer, adviser.
• Broadcast Program: Husky Headlines, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Kelsey Wolf, editor; Kim White, adviser.

Third Place

• Newspaper, 9-12 Pages: The Pow Wow, Bonner Springs High School, Riley Mortenson, editor; Jill Holder, adviser.
• Yearbook, 325+ Pages: The Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Lauren Minnick and Annie Unruh, editors; Susan Massy, adviser.

Fourth Place

• Yearbook, 325+ Pages: The Indian, Shawnee Mission North High School; Becky Tate, adviser.

Fifth Place

• Newspaper, 9-12 Pages: The Budget, Lawrence High School, Jake Mather, editor; Barbara Tholen, adviser.
• Yearbook, 224 or fewer pages: Regal Red, Maize High School, Whitney Pleming, editor; Anne Debes, adviser.
• Yearbook, 325+ Pages: Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Whittaker Sherk, editor; C. Dow Tate, adviser.

Sixth Place

• Yearbook, 224 or fewer pages: The Cub, Sterling High School, Emily Walker, editor; Travis Feil, adviser.
• Yearbook, 225-274 pages: Echoes, Wichita East High School, Allie Jenkins, editor; Sharon Martin, adviser.

Seventh Place

• News Magazine: Jag Wire, Mill Valley High School, Kaitlyn Butko, editor; Kathy Habiger, adviser.
• Yearbook 225-274 pages: JAG, Mill Valley High School, Christy Khamphlay and Alex Linville, editors; Kathy Habiger, adviser.

Eighth Place

• News Magazine: The Epic, Shawnee Mission West High School, Lana Fanous, editor; Amy Morgan, adviser.
• Yearbook, 224 pages or fewer: The Crusader, Kapaun Mt. Carmel, Zach Reed, editor; Ashley Perkins, adviser.
• Large School Website: SMNW.com, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Maria Davison and Stephanie Spicer, editors; Susan Massy, adviser.

Ninth Place

• Literary Magazine: Indian Lore, Shawnee Mission North High School, Rose Traul and Abby Geiss, editors; Maureen Davis, adviser.
• Yearbook, 224 pages or fewer: The Railroader, Newton High School; Ericka Rickard, adviser.
• Yearbook, 325+ pages: Saga, Shawnee Mission West High School, Ashley Benson and Annie Parker, editors; Amy Morgan, adviser.
• Small School Website: Jag Wire, Mill Valley High School, Kaitlyn Butko, editor; Kathy Habiger, adviser.

Tenth Place

• Yearbook, 224 pages or fewer: Thunderbird, Skyline High School, Amy Jo Maphet, editor; Judy Hampel, adviser.

Kathy Habiger (Mill Valley) and Amy Morgan (Shawnee Mission West) were local co-organizers of the conference.

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 – Mary McDermott, Bryan Stein, Maize High School, 6A

The November deadline is Nov. 30. We encourage more entries in the Newspaper Design and Infographic categories in addition to News Magazine and Yearbook designs.

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