News & Announcements

February 2012

Salina Journal has new publisher

February 17, 2012

Eager to immerse himself in a community as the leader of a newspaper, M. Olaf Frandsen has taken the editor and publisher's post at the Salina Journal.

Hutchinson News, Arkansas City Traveler are Burton W. Marvin Award winners

February 10, 2012

LAWRENCE — The Hutchinson News and The Arkansas City Traveler are the winners of the 2011 Burton W. Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award.

Slimp headlines 120th annual KPA convention

February 10, 2012

The 120th annual Kansas Press Association convention April 20-21 at the DoubleTree in Overland Park will feature the always-popular Kevin Slimp as the headliner.

January 2012

KPA, Capital-Journal join forces on KOMA complaint

January 31, 2012

Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, said he raised an alarm about Kansas Open Meetings Act violations at a Jan. 9 "legislative dinner" held by Gov. Sam Brownback — the first of seven such dinners this month.

Editor still believes nothing beats the printed word

January 12, 2012

Does print have a future?

I don't know the answer to the first question, although it would probably be funny.

But the answer to the second question is yes.

Deadline nears for AOE news, advertising contests

January 12, 2012

The deadline is fast approaching for entries in the 2012 Awards of Excellence Contest, and the Kansas Press Association staff stands ready to assist with the new digital uploading process.

Entry deadline is Jan. 20, and KPA’s director of member services, Emily Bradbury, is ready to help any members who may be having difficulties.

134 KPA newspapers upload to FTP site

January 4, 2012

Four more newspapers have joined the effort to upload PDFs of pages for use on the Kansas Press Association's public notice website.

December 2011

Digital contest will improve KPA's AOE efficiency

December 27, 2011

The new Awards of Excellence entry process this year may require some additional time, so Kansas Press Association members should give some thought to beginning to electronically uploading entries now. To encourage early entries, KPA will cut the flat $25 entry fee for the first 25 newspapers that begin the process, if they do so before Dec. 15.

Bill Krause, former KPA president, dies

December 9, 2011

PEABODY — Longtime former Peabody Gazette publisher William V. (Bill) Krause died on Tuesday (Dec. 6, 2011) in Peabody.

November 2011

Readers prefer newspapers for local news, public notices

November 18, 2011

Readers in areas served by community newspapers continue to prefer the community newspaper as their source of local news and advertising.