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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...

Mary Ellen Ritter named Wisconsin High School Journalist of the Year

Mary Ellen Ritter named Wisconsin High School Journalist of the Year

March 18, 2019

Mary Ellen Ritter is a senior at Brookfield Central High School where she has been a member of her yearbook program for four years and is editor-in-chief of the award-winning Legend for a second year...

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...

2018 Individual Contest Results

2018 Individual Contest Results

October 15, 2018

Here’s the breakdown in numbers for the contest: 28 different categories in the Individual Contests: 37 Broadcast, 61 Photojournalism, 9 online, 76 yearbook and 303 Newspaper/ Newsmagazine 488 entries...

Contest, Scholarships and Free Curriculum

Contest, Scholarships and Free Curriculum

August 24, 2018

FOR YOUR STUDENTS, from the Anti-Defamation League. Our First Amendment Freedoms Art & Essay Contest for Grades 6 – 11 For over 200 years, the First Amendment has been the cornerstone of freedom...

Source: University of Missouri - Kansas City

Cathy Kuhlmeier Frey interview reveals surprising details of Hazelwood court case

January 17, 2018

by Linda Barrington, MJE The story leading up to the Supreme Court decision of Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier is not as cut and dry as many textbooks make it. As the host of "Education Matters"...

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...

Individual Contest Slide Show 2017

Individual Contest Slide Show 2017

October 13, 2017

Congrats to all the winners of this year's contest. Here's the breakdown in numbers for the contest: 28 different categories in the Individual Contests: 4 Broadcast, 4 Photojournalism, 3 online,...

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...

: Maddie Baden, left, and Gina Mathew laugh with journalism teacher Emily Smith about their tribulations in putting together a story that resulted in the incoming principal resigning. At the time, they were very nervous, they said.    Photo by Oliver Morrison, The Wichita Eagle

How a teacher prepared her students to take on the adults and win

August 7, 2017

If you are looking to inspire your students to tackle serious issues and produce good journalism, read this article from last April about how journalism teacher Emily Smith prepared her students to take...

KEMPA publications win $2,000 grants from Evjue Foundation

KEMPA publications win $2,000 grants from Evjue Foundation

May 25, 2017

The Norse Star, Stoughton High School's student newspaper, and The Prowl, Belleville High School’s student newspaper, each received a grant in the amount of $2,000 from The Evjue Foundation, Inc., the...

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...

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