Charger recognized as All-Kansas news publication

For the third year in a row, The Charger received an All-Kansas designation from the Kansas Scholastic Press Association.

3 students win regional journalism competitions

Three students claimed championships in the Kansas Scholastic Press Association regional competition last month.

Charger recognized as all-state news publication; 2 students win state competitions

The Charger was recognized by the Kansas Scholastic Press Association as an All-Kansas news publication for the second year in a row.

Senioritis Season 4: Episode 16 Award-winning journalism and wrestling

Senior Emma Alderman joins the podcast to discuss winning the Kansas Scholastic Press Association Journalist of the Year award, and sophomore Weston Johnson discusses his regional wrestling win.

Alderman wins student journalist of the year

Senior Emma Alderman was honored last week by the Kansas Scholastic Press Association as the best 1/2A student journalist in the state.

Charger recognized as All-Kansas news publication

For the first time in school history, the WHS Charger received All-State distinction from the Kansas Scholastic Press Association for its news publication. Publications are judged on their body of work throughout the year, including coverage, reporting, visuals, design and leadership. KSPA describes an All-Kansas publication as one that demonstrates a solid understanding of the news publication and its purpose, features well-written copy, attractive design and storytelling photography, and that is obviously produced to serve readers.

21 students place in KSPA regional journalism competitions

Wabaunsee journalism earned seven regional journalism championships last month, and qualified 21 entries to the state competition later this semester.

The Kansas Scholastic Press Association regional competition, which usually features both online and in-person competitions, was completed completely online in late February. Contests include writing, editing, photography, design and cartooning competitions.

3 WHS journalists place first at state journalism competition

The 2020 Kansas Scholastic Press Association state competition looked a little different than usual, but WHS journalist still captured some awards.

Instead of traveling to the University of Kansas, the writing competitions took place online in mid-April. All students who placed at the regional competition in February were eligible to compete.

Three WHS students captured state championships. Eleanor Badeker in Copy Editing, Karlee Feyh in Advertising (her entry is pictured above) and Emma Frey in Editorial writing.

Wabaunsee places first at regional journalism

Wabaunsee placed first as a team at the Kansas Scholastic Press Association Regional Journalism Competition February 19.

The contests, which consist of writing, editing, illustrating, photography and design, pit students against other high school journalists around the state. Wabaunsee competed in the 1-2A Harvest regional against Ellsworth, Flint Hills Christian School, Hope, Kansas City Christian and Lincoln. WHS placed first with 17 state qualifiers.

WHS students placed first in four events: Eleanor Badeker in both copy editing and news writing, Laurel Barber in sports writing and Emma Frey in editorial writing.

WHS places 5th at state journalism

WHS journalism achieved five awards at the Kansas Scholastic Press Association state contest Saturday morning, including one state champion. In the write-off contests, students receive a page of quotes and information and must write a story in 90 minutes. Sophomore Kendyl Bolinder placed first in editorial writing. “The prompt we wrote about (a student protest)...