News Updates

New publication critique forms and how to enter this year

May 19, 2020

2020 Individual Contest Registration Information

May 7, 2020

Sophomore Brooklyn Burger (12) slips the puck past Hudson goaltender Alayna Kushiner (1) at Superior Ice Arena Dec. 8. Photo by Judd Ericksoon

Superior High School photographer wins first place CSPA Gold Circle Award for Digital Media

April 23, 2020

Carolyn Wagner (right) with KEMPA President Beth Marshall. Wagner was named to the KEMPA Hall of Fame in October 2019.

Carolyn Wagner receives Dow Jones / CSPA Distinguished Adviser Award

April 18, 2020

Scholarship deadline extended to May 15

April 18, 2020

To promote journalism and communication careers, the Kettle Moraine Press Association (KEMPA) will award up to $1,800 in scholarships to this year’s graduates of member publications who plan to major in journalism, photojournalism,...

KEMPA Publication Awards Announced 2018

October 30, 2018

KEMPA Online Critiques ALL KEMPA Niles West HS www.nileswestnews.org FIRST Huntley HS www.huntleyvoice.com Grayslake North HS knighttimes.d127.org James B. Conant HS www.conantcrier.com Lake Zurich HS www.lzbearf...

2018 Individual Contest Results

October 15, 2018

2017 Publication Critique Results

October 20, 2017

Congratulations to the KEMPA publications on the results of their critiques. We encourage all KEMPA members to send in their publications in the spring for judging. We recommend that advisers and students use the results...

Individual Contest Slide Show 2017

October 13, 2017

Clint Watts to speak via Skype at KEMPA Fall Conference, Oct. 13

August 21, 2017

Fall Conference News: Join KEMPA for a special Skype session with Clinton Watts of the Foreign Policy Reasearch Institute. He will discuss and present Social Media Influences and Fake News – The Consequences . This is a once...

KEMPA publications win $2,000 grants from Evjue Foundation

May 25, 2017

2017 KEMPA Scholarship Winners

May 17, 2017

After receiving several outstanding applications for the KEMPA college scholarships for the 2017-2018 school year, we are proud to announce our three scholarship recipients who will each receive a $600 scholarship award after...

KEMPA Journalism