(at right) Rachel Rauch, Homestead High School, Mequon, WI, received the Dow Jones News Fund Distinguished Adviser of the Year award.
Write-off competition KEMPA winners:
Newswriting
Kelly...
Each year I am fortunate to be able to attend both NSPA/JEA conventions: fall and spring. I am also fortunate to attend and speak at JEA's Adviser Institute in the summer. However, it shouldn't be about...
By Jon Netzler
There is a small closet, actually a relatively large closet, attached to the spacious, windowed classroom where I conduct my lessons with British Literature, American Literature and Journalism...
by Bob Kay
Copyright issues tend to be an ongoing problem for many high school publications, particularly when it comes to using photographs, audio or video from other sources. Copyright attaches to...
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...
I'm lucky, like finding a four-leaf clover or gold at the end of the rainbow kind of lucky.
I really am. I can't say enough how lucky I am.
Want to know why?
Here's it is: I have incredible kids...
By Linda Barrington, MJE
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there were no yearbooks.
Thank goodness, times have changed.
In 1987 Congress designated the first week in October to be National...
By Bob Kay
Probably one of the most difficult stories to pursue as a high school journalist is the one involving the potential misconduct of school administrators or staff. Most of the time you will...
Congratulations to the students of KEMPA-member schools who have won CSPA Gold Circle Awards!
NEWSPAPERS
First Person Experience
Connor Gray, “Is Football Worth the Headache?”The Spartan...
By Chris Lazarski
I decided making a "9/11 video" for the entire school to watch on 9/11 would not only be motivational, but also a good way to teach my beginning journalism students the basic skills...
Rachel Rauch, adviser at Homestead High School, Mequon, Wis., has been named one of four Distinguished Advisers by the Dow Jones News Fund. She and the other Distinguished Advisers will receive $500...
