Thomas announces end-of-year resignation as executive director
FROM ERIC THOMAS, KSPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear KSPA members, On Feb. 3, I provided the KSPA board with a letter of resignation, ending my work as the executive director of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association effective June 7, 2024. During the remainder of the spring 2024 semester, I will remain…...
Madison Loomis wins 2023 Sunflower Award
KSPA congratulates the 2023 Sunflower Award winner: Madison Loomis from Maize South High School. The Sunflower Award recognizes new advisers who show enthusiasm and dedication to building a strong journalism program and aims to encourage those teachers to remain in the profession. Loomis advises the yearbook and teaches English at…...
Spencer O’Daniel, adviser at Maize Career Academy, named 2023 Engel Award Winner
From a press release provided by Kansas Collegiate Media: Kansas Collegiate Media is honored to announce Spencer O’Daniel, teacher and publications adviser at Maize Career Academy, as the 2023 Jackie Engel Award winner for excellence in scholastic publications advising. “Mr. O’Daniel is the among the best in Kansas, in fact,…...
Video contest with $1,750 in prize money — just for KC area students
The Drug Enforcement Administration has teamed up with the DEA Educational Foundation to help support Operation Engage, a new community outreach program. Through this initiative, they are launching Reel Prevention Public Service Announcement (PSA) video competition for high student in Johnson or Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Jackson or Clay County,…...
Expert: Student journalists retain right to survey under new state law
Note: the content of this post should not be construed as legal advice from KSPA and executive director Eric Thomas. If you need advice on how you or your students should handle a particular situation, please consult a lawyer. You can find help through the Student Press Law Center and the Foundation…...
Remembering Dana Leibengood
On Saturday, Dana Leibengood, the first director and one of the founding members of KSPA passed away at the age of 89. Along with Jackie Engel, Dana Leibengood began the Kansas Scholastic Press Association and remains one of only five directors in the history of the association. In 1995, Leibengood…...