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KEMPA
Spring: Judges evaluated nearly 20
applications for scholarships to graduating
seniors from Kettle Moraine Press
Association publications. Four winners
will each receive $500 toward their first
year at college. The winners are Gabrielle
Abesamis, Niles West (Ill.) HS; Michala
Meyerhofer, Fort Atkinson (Wis.) HS;
Joseph Salvato, Rolling Meadows (Ill.) HS;
and Kimberly Wethal, Stoughton (Wis.) HS.
Summer: Summer Journalism Workshop
at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
featured Joe Koshollek teaching
photojournalism; April van Buren,
yearbook; Carolyn Wagner, student media
leadership; Patrick Johnson, publication
design; Mike Doyle, writing and reporting;
Emily Cody, literary magazine; Evelyn
Lauer, digital and social journalism; and
Linda Barrington, student media advisers.
Fall: Fall Journalism Conference will be
Oct. 17 at UW-Whitewater. More than
1,000 students and advisers attend this
yearly event where they can choose from
dozens of presentations at each of three
time slots. Publication critiques and
awards are handed out first thing in the
morning. Sandy Jacoby is the long-time
director of this event. KEMPA also holds
its annual meeting at the luncheon where
board members will be elected for next
year.
NESPA
ADVISER UPDATE
ADVISER UPDATE
SUMMER 2014
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The Long
Weekend
THE LONG WEEKEND — Seventy-five middle and high school students
from 10 states joined the Alabama Scholastic Press Association’s The
Long Weekend summer camp June 13-15 at the University of Alabama in
Tuscaloosa. The camp is designed to teach creative and efficient ways to
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communicate through scholastic newspapers, newsmagazines, yearbooks,
literary magazines, broadcast programs and electronic media. It allowed
students to enjoy a taste of college life and invigorate their interest in
scholastic media. Update photo courtesy of Meredith Cummings
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FLORIDA HONOREES — When the Florida Scholastic Press Association handed out awards at its April convention, one school district was
especially pleased with the results. FSPA’s top awards all went to Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa. From left: Student Journalist
of the year runner-up Liz Tsourakis of Hillsborough HS; Student Journalist of the Year William Harvey of King HS (adviser Christine Munoz);
Journalism Teacher of the Year Joe Humphrey of Hillsborough HS; Emerging Young Journalist Isabel Hanewicz of Robinson HS (adviser Jill
Burns). Update photo courtesy of Joe Humphrey
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The New England Scholastic Press
Association will sponsor three main events
in the coming year:
• a fall workshop on essentials of news,
feature and sports writing Oct. 24[
• a special fall contest on localizing with a
deadline set for Jan. 9, 2015; and
• its 67th annual conference May 1, 2015.
The fall workshop and the annual
conference will both be at Boston
University’s College of Communication.
At this past spring’s conference May
2, 46 sessions were on the program. The
keynote speaker was John Tlumacki,
the Boston Globe photojournalist whose
pictures of last year’s Marathon are known
around the world.
Among other session topics were online
coverage, news writing, investigative
reporting, editorials and columns, sports
writing, design, advertising sales, and how
to develop literary magazines.
Speakers included College of
Communication faculty, journalism
professionals, and high school advisers
and staff members.
SUMMER 2014