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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 17, 2008 |
| 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
2007 Fall Conference
took place Wednesday, October 17 on the UW-W campus. More than 1,200 students
from Illinois and Wisconsin attnded. Registration forms were mailed to
all schools (click here
to download the conference brochure). This
link provides an online registration form. 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.
- For driving directions to the UW-W campus, 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. 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 2007 “On-The-Spot” competitions were:
- Cartoon-Off
Competition Award
1st Place – Brian Kukula, Grayslake North High School
2nd Place – Dylan Doetch, Belvidere North High School - Editorial
Writing Competition
1st Place – Maria Lewitzke, Grayslake North High School
2nd Place – Maria Gorinshteyn, Grayslake Central High School
3rd Place – Michaela Nelson, Belvidere North High School - News
Writing Competition
1st Place – Kate Everson, Glenbard North High School
2nd Place – Jurelle Manalansan, Grayslake North High School - Yearbook
On-The-Spot Competition
1st Place – Hannah Klay, Wausau West 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.
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: |
