News from our members

  • What social media content do we trust? Who shared it

    March 20, 2017

    When Americans encounter news on social media, how much they trust the content is determined less by who creates the news than by who shares it, according to a new experimental study from the Media...

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  • Don't get stung by 'March Madness'!

    March 16, 2017

    Be careful how you allow advertisers to utilize certain phrases during the next few weeks.The phrases “March Madness.” “Road to the Final Four” and “Final Four”” and their logos are trademarks.While...

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  • Silvestri to deliver Huck Boyd Lecture at KSU

    March 16, 2017

    Lisa Silvestri, author of “Friended at the Front: Social Media in the American War Zone,” will be at Kansas State University April 20 and 21 to participate in several events.She will deliver the 17th...

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  • Chavern: Press is not an 'enemy of the people'

    February 28, 2017

    By David Chavern,  News Media AllianceIt’s not breaking news that the media is not always popular. It is breaking news that even those who dislike the media are coming to the defense of the...

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  • RCFP opposes journalist's subpoena

    February 23, 2017

    The greatest justification for an independent press comes when someone is challenging governmental authority, and feels their voice needs to be heard. And when a reporter goes after that story, being...

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  • Time's running out; register for KPA convention

    February 23, 2017

    It's hard to believe, but the 2017 Kansas Press Association annual convention is just six weeks away.It's scheduled for April 7 and 8 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka. The deadline for the KPA...

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  • Order your 'Real News Is Our Business' T-shirts today

    February 23, 2017

    As part of your 2017 convention experience, the Kansas Press Association will have T-shirts available for purchase with proceeds going to the Kansas Newspaper Foundation.The shirts shown here are...

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  • Are you utilizing free legislative coverage?

    February 20, 2017

    Dozens of stories have been written about this year's Kansas legislative session for free use by members of the Kansas Press Association.Are you using them?Journalism students from the University of...

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  • Press freedom: Is America vulnerable?

    February 20, 2017

    By Benjamin MullinPoynter.org During the campaign and since becoming president, Donald Trump has regularly undermined journalism’s role in healthy democracies.So says Joel Simon, the executive...

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  • Court of Appeals says leased hospital subject to KORA

    February 10, 2017

    From the Lawrence Journal-WorldTOPEKA — The Kansas Court of Appeals said Friday that financial records of a county-owned hospital are subject to the Kansas Open Records Act, even if the hospital is...

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