Chat on Legal Questions September 26
September 16, 2020
On Saturday, September 26, from 9-10 a.m., the Wisconsin JEA will host a discussion on legal topics and student press rights with Mark Goodman, the Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University and a top, national expert on student media law. He will discuss legal topics that are especially...
Virtual, monthly chats to start August 29
August 12, 2020
Beginning at the end of August, the Wisconsin Journalism Education Association will be hosting monthly, virtual chats on topics relevant to Wisconsin journalism teachers and advisers this year. Attendance at the chats is open to any WisJEA member and is completely free. For now, the plan is to hold them...
Join the WisJEA for next school year!
June 14, 2020
The new Wisconsin Journalism Education Association is now accepting members for the 2020-20201 school year. Membership is FREE and entitles you to receive regular updates and communication from the WisJEA as well as take part in regular discussions and professional development opportunities with other...
Opportunities within the Detroit Writing Room for high school students
April 20, 2020
The Detroit Writing Room in downtown Detroit, (DWR) is an event and co-working space with 25 professional writing, photography and design coaches anyone can sign up with for one-on-one feedback. The Detroit Writing Room will be offering 2-week virtual journalism camps this July. The camps will be l...
JEAai moving online this summer
April 14, 2020
The JEAai will be moving to online this coming summer. The lineup for instructors is the same as well as the pattern for the event, July 6--9, 2020. The cost to register has been reduced, and are already seeing the registrations flowing in. We want to help keep the scholastic journalism community...
Free online training for all Journalism students
April 14, 2020
The UW Oshkosh Department and Journalism and NEWSPA are sponsoring FREE online training for all students. The May 1 training will be conducted by Mike Reilly, an SPJ digital trainer who has taught Google News Initiative tools to more than 5,000 journalists and educators in the past three years. The...
Outstanding COVID-19 Coverage competition
April 1, 2020
Four major journalism organizations — the National Scholastic Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society for News Design, and the National Press Photographers Association — have joined forces to recognize outstanding COVID-19 coverage by high school media. The competition...
NEWSPA Conference cancelled due to COVID-19
March 9, 2020
The NEWSPA's 2020 conference has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but will be be having the 2021 conference on April 21, 2021. For more information go to https://uwosh.edu/journalism/northeastern-wisconsin-scholastic-press-association-newspa/conference/
KEMPA’s Winter Adviser’s Seminar is Fast Approaching
January 26, 2020
Registration is now open for this year's event, which will take place at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin, on March 6-7. The keynote speaker and presenter will be Adam Dawkins, a nationally recognized adviser from Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, and his particular focus will be strategies...
Get Your Applications in for Wisconsin Journalist of the Year!
January 14, 2020
Applications are due by midnight on February 15. This year's winner will receive a prize of $400! Be sure to visit the "Journalist of the Year" section of this site for more specifics. You will need to create an online portfolio of your work as well as collect letters of recommendation and a copy...