The 2014 national Journalist of the Year, Taylor Blatchford, will be hosting a chat this Wednesday, January 14 @ 7 p.m. CST to answer questions about the Journalist of the Year contest. You can either tweet questions ahead of time using #HSJOY or ask questions live during the chat. To…...
All-Kansas Yearbook Rankings announced
Congratulations . . . to the 23 yearbooks to earn an All-Kansas evaluation, the highest distinction presented to yearbooks for overall excellence. Below you can find a list of the All-Kansas yearbooks divided by classification. Judges from around the country — fifteen in all — commended the books they saw…...
NSPA/JEA Convention Awards Round-up
Returning from the national semi-annual high school journalism convention this weekend was made more difficult by extra baggage for KSPA member schools: lots of awards! From Nov. 6-9 in Washington DC, the NSPA and JEA hosted a convention at the Wardman Park Marriott. The National Scholastic Press Association handed out…...
September 2014 Monthly Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 KSPA monthly contests. The results listed here are partial due to delays in the judging of News Story, Feature Story and Yearbook Copy. Those results will be available before the end of the week. Over 130 entries were submitted at www.kspaonline.org in 13…...
Middle School Contest Results: Spring 2014
Congratulations to the following students for their awards from the KSPA Middle School Mail-In Contest from the Spring of 2014. We are excited to celebrate you accomplishments as middle school journalists. If you are a middle school adviser and interested in a free membership, sign up here. Feature Excellent: Southwest…...
KSPA seeking contest judges . . . like you?
We are seeking hard-working and expert judges of scholastic journalism. If you are an active or retired adviser, or perhaps an active or retired journalist, we hope to include you in this great activity. Please see the variety of contests below. We offer high-quality student work that is great to review…...
New executive director named
Eric Thomas, a former high school media adviser and teacher from Kansas City, has been appointed as the next executive director of KSPA. Thomas advised online, yearbook and newspaper students at St. Teresa’s Academy, where students earned top national, state and regional awards. His time at KU will be split…...