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Providing support and leadership in scholastic journalism

Kansas Scholastic Press Association

Providing support and leadership in scholastic journalism

Kansas Scholastic Press Association

Students tour the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications during the 2024 fall conference.

Fall Conference Speakers for KU Announced

September 8, 2025

The University of Kansas will be packed with top-notch speakers when hundreds of journalism students gather on campus Sept. 24 for the Kansas Scholastic Press Association Fall Conference. Editors and...

Fall Conference Speakers for WSU Announced

Fall Conference Speakers for WSU Announced

September 8, 2025

Hundreds of journalism students will soak up expertise from communications professionals when they meet at Wichita State University on Sept. 29 for the Kansas Scholastic Press Association Fall Conference. Professional...

KSPA Board of Directors statement on press protections in Lawrence

KSPA Board of Directors statement on press protections in Lawrence

August 29, 2025

Recent events involving student journalists in the Lawrence school district shed light on the importance of a free student press in Kansas as guaranteed under the Kansas Student Publications Act. On...

Student editors posed before meeting with school administrators in 2024. Pictured are 2024 graduates Morgan Salisbury, Natasha Torkzaban, Jack Tell and Maya Smith.

Lawrence High Wins 2025 Courage in Journalism Award

August 29, 2025

The Kansas Scholastic Press Association this summer recognized the Lawrence High School journalism staff as winners of the 2025 KSPA Courage in Student Journalism Award. Reporting by the journalism...

Kansas students, staffs and advisers shine at the spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention

Kansas students, staffs and advisers shine at the spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention

May 5, 2025

Journalism students and staffs and advisers from across Kansas made an impressive showing at the spring JEAN/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle, April 24-26. Two advisers earned...

Lawrence High adviser Barb Thloen named 2025 Engel Award Winner

Lawrence High adviser Barb Thloen named 2025 Engel Award Winner

May 4, 2025

In a surprise presentation at the annual KSPA state celebration May 2, Lawrence High School adviser Barb Tholen was named the 2025 Engel Award winner. The award, sponsored by the Kansas Collegiate...

Mary Patrick Aspiring Young Journalist Award Winners 2025

Mary Patrick Aspiring Young Journalist Award Winners 2025

April 19, 2025

The Kansas Scholastic Press Association congratulates Andover Middle School student Jalynn Chan on winning the 2025 Mary Patrick Aspiring Young Journalist Award. This award encourages Kansas junior high/middle...

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