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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 15, 2010 |
| 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
2009 Fall Conference
took place Friday, October 16 on the UW-W campus. Approximately 1,500 students
from Illinois and Wisconsin attended. Registration forms were mailed to
all schools in September and are also be available online (click here). 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
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