Seniors, from left, Jonathan Benson, Beth Lutters, Joel Hernandez, Dakota Foos, Chase Rein and Britny Pfannenstiel pose for a picture in the commons area of Western Plains High School. The six Bobcats are up for homecoming king and queen honors. The winners will be crowned when the WPHS Bobcat football team faces the Natoma High School Tigers at 7 p.m. Friday in Ransom.
Todd R. Vogts, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of media at Sterling College in Kansas. Previously, he taught yearbook, newspaper, newsmagazine, and online journalism in various Kansas high schools, and he ran a weekly newspaper in rural Kansas. He continues to freelance as a professional journalist from time to time. Also, Vogts is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the Journalism Education Association (JEA), and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), among others. He earned his Master Journalism Educator (MJE) certification from JEA in 2022. When he’s not teaching or writing, he runs his mobile disk jockey service and takes part in other entrepreneurial ventures. He can be reached at twitter.com/toddvogts or via his website at www.toddvogts.com.
