Thanks for joining teachers and students from around Kansas for a celebration of student journalism at the University of Kansas on May 7. Below you will find all of the details that you need to plan your day.
We won’t be printing a paper schedule for this event, so keep this web page handy for the day.
Thanks to Herff Jones and Jostens for being sponsors at the PUBLISHER Level. Herff Jones provided sponsorship for the keynote speech by Jim Richardson. Jostens is sponsoring the Adviser Luncheon.
Thanks to Walsworth and School Newspapers Online for being our Correspondent Level sponsors for the State Celebration.
On the fourth floor of the Kansas Union, join our sponsors for a showcase of their products and services: Herff Jones yearbooks, Jostens yearbooks, SchoolNewspapersOnline and Walsworth yearbooks.
Come see us on the fifth floor to purchase lunch tickets for your students. Payment can be made only through cash or a check made out to KSPA. Each student lunch costs $5.
What’s for lunch for the students? Each $5 ticket purchased at the booth will provide students with pizza, a cookie and a soft drink (or bottled water). See below for other lunch options for students on the day of the celebration.
We will showcase the winning entries from the visual categories of the Regional Contest in the Woodruff Auditorium before our program begins.
KSPA is proud to welcome National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson to the KSPA State Celebration as our keynote speaker.
One of the most decorated and celebrated journalists in Kansas history, Jim Richardson brings his decades of expertise to KSPA State as our keynote speaker. Richardson traveled the world for National Geographic photographing many of the issues that define our time, including the changing realities of food. Richardson also brings unique insights into photographing in Kansas high schools: his book “High School USA” documented one school year in a rural Kansas school, creating a photographic yearbook unlike any other.
Richardson last spoke to KSPA members in 2017 in Topeka. He lives in Lindsborg, Kansas where he and his wife own their Small World Gallery.
We gather to celebrate so many of the awards that student journalists have earned during 2021-2022:
Plus, we will crown our KSPA State Contest Sweepstakes winners: the schools who have earned the most points in the State Contest competition.
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INFORMATION ON THE WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE SCHOOL
Stop by to meet recruiter Himee Kamatuka from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Find out what exciting media stuff is happening on campus and pick up some Jayhawk stuff.
“BUILDING A POSITIVE STAFF CULTURE” with Dustin Fox, adviser, Chanute High School
Prepare for next year — and end this year right — with these lessons from an adviser whose staffs have earned state sweepstakes championship and who students have won top KSPA awards in Portfolio of the Year and Student Journalist of the Year.
STAR IN KSPA’S NEXT SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Two journalism school students will be filming KSPA students to find out, “Why do you care about student journalism?” The videos will be part of KSPA’s social media campaign next fall to inspire the next generation of student journalists. Students and teachers are both welcome!
WHAT’S NEXT AT THE KU? with Himee Kamatuka, recruiter, William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
A new media experience is coming to KU. In addition to journalism and strategic communications, students can now study “Media Arts and Production.” What does that mean? Students will create video project, learn project management and launch podcasts. Come learn about the options for students in this new concentration at KU.
HOW TO MAKE $$$ IN YOUR VIDEO/BROADCAST CLASS
Join OneMaize Media adviser Spencer O’Daniel and two-year Editor-in-Chief Lakin Zamorano as they discuss how Seamless Productions, a money-making video creation class, was started in Maize and has made over $8,000 in profit, won a Pacemaker and created over 60 videos in just one school year.
Q & A SESSION with Jim Richardson, photographer, National Geographic
How about those amazing images from Jim Richardson? Want to hear more of the stories behind them? This is your chance to ask a National Geographic photographer about the incredible globetrotting as well as his Kansas beginnings.
SPORTS FOR EVERY MEDIA with Joanna Chadwick, adviser, Derby High School
Learn how to cover sports at your school for yearbook, newspaper, website and social media from an adviser who knows the industry — and Kansas sports — as well as anyone. Chadwick writes about sports for VYPE magazine. She was even named to the “The Wichita Eagle’s Top 50 Most Influential People in the Wichita Sports Community.”
ADVISER SOCIAL ROOM
The staff for the Union may be setting up the lunch, but advisers are welcome to use this room to meet-up and chat about their lives in the classroom.
OPINION WRITING with Sharon Martin, retired adviser, Wichita East High School
Bring your curiosity about how to write a good opinion piece — whether a column, an editorial or a review. This award-winning adviser is a legend in Kansas student journalism. And she will help make your writing epic.
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Advisers: Please come to the fifth floor lobby to claim the awards that your staff earned. We will have State Contest certificates and medals ready for any of the winning entries from your school.
On the fourth floor of the Kansas Union, join our sponsors for a showcase of their products and services: Herff Jones yearbooks, Jostens yearbooks, SchoolNewspapersOnline and Walsworth yearbooks.
Come see us on the fifth floor to purchase lunch tickets for your students. Payment can be made only through cash or a check made out to KSPA. Each student lunch costs $5.
What’s for lunch for the students? Each $5 ticket purchased at the booth will provide students with pizza, a cookie and a soft drink (or bottled water). See below for other lunch options for students on the day of the celebration.
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TOUR OF STAUFFER-FLINT HALL with Himee Kamatuka, recruiter
Meet Himee Kamatuka from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the KU table on the fifth floor lobby. She will take you on a quick tour of Stauffer-Flint Hall, the home of media, journalism and communications on campus. You will see the broadcast lab, the home of the University Daily Kansan and other classrooms that Jayhawk students use each day.
STAR IN KSPA’S NEXT SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Two journalism school students will be filming KSPA students to find out, “Why do you care about student journalism?” The videos will be part of KSPA’s social media campaign next fall to inspire the next generation of student journalists. Students and teachers are both welcome!
HOW TO RUN A NEWSROOM IN 2022 with Spencer Smith, editor, Kansas Reflector
Spencer Smith was again named journalist of the year in the most competitive division of the Kansas Press Association for his work leading and reporting for the Kansas Reflector, a non-profit newsroom focused on the Sunflower State. Hear about how he organizes a staff, decides what to cover and investigates wrongdoing.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS with Missy Minear, photographer, KU Athletics
If you were paying close attention, you saw Missy Minear on television a lot this spring. She was court side for the KU mens basketball run to the national championship. An alum of the KU journalism school, Minear captured iconic images that will be part of KU history forever. Come hear her stories and see her images.
ADVISER SOCIAL ROOM
The staff for the Union may be setting up the lunch, but advisers are welcome to use this room to meet-up and chat about their lives in the classroom.
WHAT IS COLLEGE REALLY LIKE? with KU students from the William Allen White School
We chose some of the kindest (and most honest) people to tell you what college is all about. We have lots of stuff to say, but bring your questions so that we can let you know all about life at a major university like KU: how to choose the right school, how to choose a roommate and how to adjust to life away from home.
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Advisers: Please come to the fifth floor lobby to claim the awards that your staff earned. We will have State Contest certificates and medals ready for any of the winning entries from your school.
On the fourth floor of the Kansas Union, join our sponsors for a showcase of their products and services: Herff Jones yearbooks, Jostens yearbooks, SchoolNewspapersOnline and Walsworth yearbooks.
Come see us on the fifth floor to purchase lunch tickets for your students. Payment can be made only through cash or a check made out to KSPA. Each student lunch costs $5.
What’s for lunch for the students? Each $5 ticket purchased at the booth will provide students with pizza, a cookie and a soft drink (or bottled water). See below for other lunch options for students on the day of the celebration.
Advisers who registered for the Luncheon should join their fellow teachers and educators in the Big 12 Room. We will celebrate the educators who earned awards during the school year, including Administrator of the Year award and Sunflower Award winners. We will also hear remarks from the Engel Award winner. The KSPA board will also update members on the upcoming year and the proceedings of this year’s board meetings.
Students will have two options for the KSPA Celebration at the Kansas Union. KSPA will fill the ballroom with places for students to gather for pizza, soft drinks and cookies. To pay for this lunch, advisers or students can pre-purchase tickets earlier in the day (see above). Otherwise, students can bring their $5 to the fifth floor at 12:30, as we will continue to sell tickets at this time.
Lunch offerings at the Union will be very limited because of the end of the semester and the weekend event. The Market, which is the typical location for meals at the union, will be closed. While Chick-Fil-A will be open, students should expect long waits and possible shortages.
An alum of the KU journalism school, Travis Calvin was part of the team that created the videos that gave KU fans goosebumps in the stands of Allen Fieldhouse. For Travis, that meant hours with a video camera in hand as he witnessed basketball history during the Jayhawks tournament championship in New Orleans. Come hear how he made these videos with the staff at Rock Chalk Video and watch some of the great moments he captured.
