Tomorrow at 8 a.m. WPHS Journalism will be honored by the Kansas Senate. Sen. Ralph Ostmeyer will read a resolution highlighting the accomplishments of the program, such as last year’s Kansas Scholastic Press Association contest wins.
To watch it live, go to www.kslegislature.org and click on the “A/V Live” link in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Then choose the Senate option. The streaming of the event begins at 8 a.m.
This is a great honor, and I couldn’t be prouder.
Ostmeyer’s office told me we will be getting a copy of the resolution in the mail too.
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.
