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Spring Conference 2017 Wrap Up

Posted on April 14, 2017

KCM LogoThe 2017 KCM Spring Conferenced and Journalism Awards Banquet drew 140 journalism faculty and students from 16 colleges to Wichita, Kansas on April 9 – 10, 2017.     Congratulations to those who won individual awards.  The top awards this year were awarded to the following college publications and individuals:

Journalist of the Year Competition

  • 2-Year: Loribeth Reynolds, Hutchinson Community College

  • 4-Year Chance Swaim, Wichita State University

All-Kansas Awards

  • 4-Year Private Newspaper:  The Vantage, Newman University
  • 4-Year Public Newspaper: The Daily Kansan, University of Kansas
  • 2-Year Newspaper: The Campus Ledger, Johnson County Community College
  • Magazine: Breakaway, Garden City CC
  • Yearbook: The Kanza, Pittsburg State University
  • Online Site: The Kansan, University of Kansas

Jackie Engel Award

Congratulations to Bill Gasper, Hays High School, who received this year’s Jackie Engel Award for Top High School Journalism Adviser.

Conference Program: download a copy of the conference program: KCM_Program_2017

 

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