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Fall Scholastic Journalism Conference
| WHO: |
Advisers and student journalists (Grades 9-12) |
| WHAT: |
A day-long conference featuring over 60 "how to" sessions with leaders in scholastic and professional journalism |
| WHERE: |
Campus of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| WHEN: |
October 16, 2009 |
| WHY: |
To provide answers and challenges for scholastic journalists as they proceed through the school year |
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By involving students and advisers with dozens of guest speakers and presenters, as well as conducting competitive events for student journalists |
The
2008 Fall Conference
took place Friday, October 17 on the UW-W campus. Approximately 1,500 students
from Illinois and Wisconsin attended. Registration forms were mailed to
all schools (click here
to download the conference brochure). For directions to Whitewater,
WI click below:
At the annual KEMPA fall conference, information from over 60 presenters is organized into three 45-minute sessions. A lunch break between sessions two and three also functions as the annual meeting of advisers. About 50 journalism students compete in the yearbook on-the-spot contest, the newspaper write-off, editorial writing and cartoon-off sessions. Conference presenters are a mix of high school journalism teachers, publication advisers and working professional journalists.
Winners of the 2008 “On-The-Spot” competitions were:
- Cartoon-Off
Competition Award
First Place: Julie Thao, Wausau West High School
Second Place: Addam Love, Superior High School
Third Place: Carin Cameron, Belvidere North High School - Editorial
Writing Competition
First Place: Shauna Ubersox, Jefferson High School(WI)
Second Place: Austin Spillane, Galena High School
Third Place: Jessica Brode, D.C. Everest High School - News
Writing Competition
First Place: Suzee Skwiot, Grayslake Central High School
Second Place: Blaire Sambdman, Dixon High School
Third Place: Nick McDowell, Belvidere North High School - Yearbook
On-The-Spot Competition
Winner: Julia Fish, Belvidere High School
At the luncheon, announcement of the following awards are made:
- Tom Gebhardt Award
- honors excellence in writing from Summer Journalism Workshop
- Advisers of the Year
- for both yearbook and newspaper (nominations may be made by administrators, students, parents, fellow teachers, colleagues – nominations do not have to come from the same school as the adviser being nominated )
- Friend of KEMPA:
- recognizes assistance rendered to KEMPA
- Media Award
- nominations accepted via the conference brochure
- Outstanding Administrator
- nominations accepted via the conference brochure
- KEMPA Hall of Fame
- honors outstanding service to scholastic journalism
Click here to see a complete list of honorees from 1979 to the present.
Click here for a complete list of publication critique results, which were annouonced at the afternoon awards session.
Membership in KEMPA is not mandatory to attend, but it does mean a significant difference in the cost of the conference to students and advisers.
The conference directors welcome your comments and suggestions:
| Newspaper
director: |
Yearbook
director: |
