The winner of the 2021 KSPA Courage in Journalism Award is Madeline Gearhart of Seaman High School. Her work in the Seaman News and the Topeka Capital-Journal revealed that her school is named after Fred Seaman, a leader in the KKK during his lifetime in the Topeka area. Madeline was…...
Congratulations to the March 2021 monthly contest winners!
Mill Valley High School was the overall winner with seven awards. Shawnee Mission East High School was not far behind with six total awards. Video 1st Place: Lanie Wolf, Nina Schoenhofer, Peyton Peterman from Maize Career Academy 2nd Place: JLiliana Christensen from Lawrence High School 3rd Place: Lawder DeSantis from…...
Congratulations to the February 2021 monthly contest winners!
Lawrence High School was the overall winner with six awards. Derby High School was hot on their tail earning five awards this monthly. Video 1st Place: Dylan Wittorff, Trey Reisman, Olivia Allen, Ty Brack from Maize Career Academy 2nd Place: Jackson Yanek from Lawrence High School 3rd Place: Olivia Allen,…...
Riley Atkinson of Shawnee Mission East earns Kansas Student Journalist of the Year
The Kansas Scholastic Press Association congratulates Shawnee Mission East senior Riley Atkinson on winning the statewide honor of the 2021 Kansas Student Journalist of the Year. Atkinson is co-editor-in-chief of the Harbinger Online, the school’s news website. The overall winner is chosen among the winners of three different enrollment classifications:…...
Congratulations to the December 2020-January 2021 monthly contest winners!
Blue Valley Northwest High School was the overall winner with eight awards. Mill Valley High School and Pittsburg High School tied for second place earning seven each. Video 1st Place: Megan Ta, Victor Nguyen from Maize Career Academy 2nd Place: Mary Grace Liew-Nguyen, Megan Ta, Emma Taylor from Maize Career…...
Congratulations to the November monthly contest winners!
Blue Valley Northwest High School was the overall winner with six awards. Lawrence High School, Mill Valley High School and Shawnee Mission East High School tied for second place earning five each. Video 1st Place: Kelli Marshall, Katie Pittman from Blue Valley Southwest High School 2nd Place: Lawder DeSantis from…...
Congratulations to the August-September monthly contest winners!
Blue Valley High School earned the most awards in August-September with eight awards. Shawnee Mission East High School was right behind earning seven awards. Video 1st Place: Sydney Williams from Shawnee Mission East High School 2nd Place: Nityanta Saripalli from Blue Valley Southwest High School 3rd Place: Molly Wenzel from…...
ADVISERS: please respond to our new year
A letter from executive director Eric Thomas During our most recent KSPA board meeting, the board members were joking about the cliches that have come from this pandemic. Events are “unprecedented.” Every organization is “pivoting” and then finding “the new normal.” When events can’t be “socially distanced,” they must be…...
