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 editors, photographers, designers and reporters will join university professors and all-star advisers to inspire students. Students can learn more about the college media experience with tours of the Elliott School of Communication and The Sunflower. The event will also feature a presentation from one of the winners of KSPA’s 2025 Courage in Journalism Award.

Find all the details about our fall conferences at this link. Register to attend at this link.

A full schedule with times and room locations will be released before the event. Here are the planned speakers with more to come:

Planned speakers

JAIME GREEN, a visual journalist at The Wichita Eagle

DENISE NEIL, a journalist at The Wichita Eagle who has covered restaurants and entertainment since 1997

TOM SHINE, director of News and Public Affairs for KMUW, 89.1 and host of The Range

KYLIE CAMERON, reporter at the Wichita Eagle

AMY DEVAULT, assistant professor at Wichita State University and The Sunflower adviser

SUZANNE PEREZ, reporter at KMUW, 89.1

LINDSAY SMITH, service journalism reporter at the Wichita Eagle

SHELBY KELLERMAN, managing editor of the Wichita Business Journal

TRAVIS HEYING, photojournalist at The Wichita Eagle

MORGAN SALISBURY, a sophomore at KU studying journalism, part of group that won the 2025 KSPA Courage in Journalism Award

SPENCER O’DANIEL, director of Collegian Media Group at Kansas State University

TALIYAH WINN & FRIENDS, editors at The Sunflower

JACOB WILKEN, adviser at Wichita West High School

KEVIN HAGER, Wichita State University associate professor

MIKE ROSS, Wichita State University

KIONA BROWN, The Sunflower

BARBARA THOLEN, executive director of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association

HANNAH WING, assistant professor at Wichita State University