Susan Massy, retired journalism adviser from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, built an journalism empire with the school’s yearbook, news magazine and online publications. The Lair was named #1 in NSPA’s Top 100 and the Northwest Passage was listed in the Top 100 as well. Both won numerous Pacemakers and Gold Crowns during her 45-year career as a journalism instructor and publications adviser. In 1999, Massy was named the National Yearbook Teacher of the Year by the Journalism Education Association and received the Engel Award in 1994. She has also been the recipient of NSPA’s Pioneer Award, JEA’s Medal of Merit and Lifetime Achievement Award (2023) and CSPA’s Charles O’Malley Teaching Award (2023). Massy continues to travels nationally to work with individual staffs as well as present at state and national conventions and summer workshops.