Fall Scholastic Journalism Conference

WHO:	Advisers and student journalists (Grades 9-12)
WHAT:	A day-long conference featuring over 100 "how to" sessions with leaders in scholastic and professional journalism
WHERE:	Campus of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
WHEN:	October 19, 2012
WHY:	To provide answers and challenges for scholastic journalists as they proceed through the school year
HOW:	By involving students and advisers with dozens of guest speakers and presenters, as well as conducting competitive events for student journalists

The 2012 Fall Conference took place Friday, October 19 on the UW-W campus. More than 1,000 students from Illinois and Wisconsin are were expected to attend our 49th annual event. Registration forms were mailed to all Illinois and Wisconsin schools and are also available online by clicking here. For directions to Whitewater, WI click below:

• For a map of the UW-W campus, click here
• For the location of UW-W, click here.

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. Conference presenters are a mix of high school journalism teachers, publication advisers and working professional journalists.

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 director welcomes your comments and suggestions:

Sandy Jacoby Home: 414-537-4301 E-mail: jacoby@tds.net.