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	<title>Kansas Scholastic Press Association</title>
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		<title>Blue Valley&#8217;s Allison Kohn wins column writing contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Allison Kohn, a senior from Blue Valley High School, won the February Story of the Month contest for her personal column about taking a self-defense class. The class was started in memory of a former BVHS student who was assaulted and murdered in 2002 while working at a Leawood, Kan., pool.
The judges noted Kohn&#8217;s facile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/uncategorized/2010/03/09/blue-valleys-allison-kohn-wins-column-writing-contest/</link>
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		<title>East&#8217;s Tim Shedor named Kansas HS Journalist of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior Tim Shedor from Shawnee Mission East High School has been named the Kansas 2010 High School Journalist of the Year.
Shedor is the co-editor-in-chief of East&#8217;s award-winning newspaper, The Harbinger.
&#8220;I do journalism because I have not found a class that can teach me, reprimand me, and correct me as quickly as journalism can,&#8221; Shedor wrote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/uncategorized/2010/03/08/easts-tim-shedor-named-kansas-high-school-journalist-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>SM North photo of JROTC inspection wins February contest</title>
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Megan Reilly of Shawnee Mission North won KSPA&#8217;s February Photo of the Month contest for her beautifully stark and poignant photograph of a Naval Junior ROTC student undergoing inspection. The strong composition, the perfect cropping and the story being told by the photo&#8217;s contrast — the statue-still soldier and her animated inspector in the background [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/pom/2010/03/05/sm-north-photo-of-cadet-during-inspection-wins-february-contest/</link>
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		<title>SM South digital yearbook earns national recognition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 yearbook from Shawnee Mission South High School was named a Pacemaker finalist by the National Scholastic Press Association in its &#8220;Digital Yearbook&#8221; category.
Jack Hochman served as editor of the book, and Linda Barber is the adviser at South.
South&#8217;s digital yearbook is an addition to the regular yearbook, the Heritage, and featured new content [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/blogs/2010/03/04/sm-south-digital-yearbook-earns-national-recognition/</link>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s to better weather</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not a very nice Sunday here in Lawrence, with wet snow falling and the temperature hovering around 32 degrees.
A quick check of the forecast for regional contests, however, appears to give us all a break around Kansas, and clear sailing to your regional.

Pittsburg: Clear Wednesday night, with a low of 22 on Thursday morning, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/blogs/2010/02/21/heres-to-better-weather/</link>
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		<title>Administrator of the Year nominations now accepted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kansas student journalists have legal protection against administrative censorship and interference, but at some schools these laws are almost unnecessary because the administrators go above and beyond to encourage student journalism. The Administrator of the Year Award is an opportunity for high schools to honor administrators who support and respect journalism programs.
The person nominating an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/news/2010/02/21/administrator-of-the-year-nominations-now-accepted/</link>
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		<title>Contact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kansas Scholastic Press Association William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications Stauffer-Flint Hall 1435 Jayhawk Blvd. University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045-7575 Phone: 785-864-0605 Fax: 785-864-5945 E-mail: staff@kspaonline.org
Jeff Browne Executive Director Phone: 785-864-7625 jeffbrowne@ku.edu
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		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/staff/2010/02/21/contact/</link>
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		<title>KSPA Hall of Fame deadline approaching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The KSPA Hall of Fame deadline is quickly approaching and is a great way to honor journalism teacher and advisers in the state. The nominee must meet criteria in multiple areas, which include having significant contributions to KSPA, achievement in personal success with student journalism and contributions made to the field of student journalism.
The teacher [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/uncategorized/2010/02/12/kspa-hall-of-fame-deadline-approaching/</link>
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		<title>Designers needed for T-shirt design contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Student designers have the opportunity to receive $50 by submitting designs for T-shirts that will be sold at the 2010 State Journalism Contest on May 1 in Lawrence.
Submission must include a CD with the design as a digital file (.jpg or .tif) and an explanation of what type of T-shirt fabric, color and two ink [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/news/2010/02/12/designers-needed-for-t-shirt-design-contest/</link>
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		<title>Humboldt, Mill Valley and Blue Valley students lead the way at Statehouse Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from Humboldt, Mill Valley and Blue Valley earned top honors in the writing and video news contests sponsored by KSPA after the first Statehouse Reporter for a Day, Jan. 28 in Topeka.
More than 40 students from 15 schools converged on Topeka on a cold Kansas morning, and they spent the day in pursuit of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kspaonline.org/conferences/2010/02/10/humboldt-mill-valley-and-blue-valley-students-lead-the-way-at-statehouse-day/</link>
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