As New Voices campaigns spread across the country, we want our students to be aware of their First Amendment rights. One of the ways to do that is to get them involved in doing something worthwhile that...
2019 scholarship applications due March 15 (postmarked)
To promote journalism and communication careers, the Kettle Moraine Press Association (KEMPA) will award up to $2,000 in scholarships to this...
The principles of design carry across any sized page or screen. At KEMPA's Winter Advisers' Seminar, March 3-4, 2017, JEA vice-president Sarah Nichols will present a session addressing key concepts...
The KEMPA Board is pleased to honor award recipients in the following categories:
Nancy Becker Newspaper Advisers of the Year:
MICHAEL GLUSKIN, Libertyville High School, Libertyville, Illinois
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Congratulations to all the KEMPA publication winners in the JEA Write-Off competition at the Indianapolis convention:
Superior
News Editing / Headline Writing
Robert Brown
Fond du Lac High School
WI
Excellent
Sports...
Do you know the real story behind the censorship at Hazelwood East High School in the 1980s? This amazing podcast from the Student Press Law Center reveals details not made public before now. Listen...
Congrats to all the winners. View the slideshow here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1P-W0K2KgB71cSqG4WKg752HIVUSZhoT_AZbSV9hy_l4/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000
A...
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...
PRINCETON, N.J. (Sept. 20, 2016)
Patrick Johnson of Antioch (Illinois) Community High School is in his sixth year teaching (his fourth at Antioch; the first two at Marquette University) and fourth...
by Stan Zoller, MJE
The five-month journey of Illinois HB5902, the Speech Rights for Scholastic Journalists Act, came to an exciting end on Friday, July 29 when Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed...
by Stan Zoller, MJE
The five-month journey of Illinois HB5902, the Speech Rights for Scholastic Journalists Act, has been one filled with surprises, disappointments – and a lot of luck.
What started...
Each year KEMPA awards college scholarships to promising high school seniors who will be enrolling in colleges and universities to pursue careers in journalism or communications. This year we are proud...
