News Updates

4 Winners Selected for KEMPA Scholarship 2019

October 12, 2019

Winter Advisers’ Seminar 2020

August 22, 2019

Registration open now for Fall Scholastic Journalism Conference, Oct. 11, 2019

August 13, 2019

KEMPA Scholarship Recipients Find Success

March 31, 2019

During the first semester of the 2018-2019 school year, three KEMPA scholarship recipients from last year successfully began their college careers as journalism majors and received their scholarship checks to help them on their...

2019 Individual Contest Registration Information

March 19, 2019

Dear KEMPA advisers and students, KEMPA now offers several individual contest categories in Newspaper, News Magazine, Yearbook, Online Multimedia, Broadcast, and Photography for student work published by member schools in the 20...

Tinker v Des Moines school district 50 years later

March 18, 2019

Fifty years ago the landmark decision of Tinker v. Des Moines was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court establishing a strong precedent for student free speech rights. Justice Abe Fortas stated in his majority opinion that “It...

JEA Adviser Outreach Program Seeking Applicants – Due April 1

March 18, 2019

JEA is entering the fourth year of its Partner Project to deliver on-site training to journalism programs in need. All journalism teachers and their students deserve support and training regardless of factors like location, fun...

Mary Ellen Ritter named Wisconsin High School Journalist of the Year

March 18, 2019

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...