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Fall
Scholastic Journalism Conference
| WHO:
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Advisers
and student journalists (Grades 9-12) |
| WHAT:
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A
day-long conference featuring over 100 "how to" sessions
with leaders in scholastic and professional journalism |
| WHERE:
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Campus
of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| WHEN:
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October
19, 2012 |
| WHY:
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To
provide answers and challenges for scholastic journalists as they
proceed through the school year |
| HOW:
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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
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:
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:
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