State Fair serves food, tradition
Most restaurants would get shut down. Dust and the smell of manure swirl in the air. Half-eaten entrees inadvertently spill on the walkways and are […]
Journalism
Vogts takes 2nd in column, feature writing in 2026 KPA awards
Since 2021, when The Santa Fe Way launched, Todd R. Vogts has been working for the monthly newspaper serving the Canton and Galva communities. He […]
Recognizing, celebrating five years of commitment to local news
Time flies. It seems like just yesterday that I met Leslie Manning at the community Easter Egg Hunt in Canton and learned she was starting […]
Clawback of federal funding for public media damages communities, democracy
I grew up on the street — “Sesame Street.” I stopped by “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” and took a ride on the “Reading Rainbow.” I imagined […]
Fake books on summer reading list highlight pitfalls of AI, embarrass journalism
I wish the rise of the machines would happen and artificial intelligence (AI) would get to enslaving humanity. Either that, or we humans need to […]
Mastin, Gibbs win 2025 KCM awards
Sterling College journalism garnered state-wide recognition recently by securing victories in the 2025 Kansas Collegiate Media Contest. Tod Mastin, a junior from Oberlin, and recent […]
Go vote, but don’t let ballot choices cause community division
Election Day is the Super Bowl for political nerds, and it is happening in just a few days on Nov. 5. Casting a ballot fulfills […]
Leverage AI for editorial cartoons, graphics
This post originally appeared on JEADigitalMedia.org on July 25, 2024. It is being posted here for posterity. Conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) permeate our public […]
Lawrence HS student journalists experience setback in freedom fight
I called the fight too early. On May 31, 2024, I congratulated Lawrence (Kan.) High School journalism students for protecting their rights by pushing back […]
Vogts takes 3rd in KPA’s 2024 column writing contest
For the second year in a row, Todd Vogts brought home hardware in the “2024 Awards of Excellence” competition hosted by the Kansas Press Association. […]
Marion County Record saga continues
Nearly a year ago government officials assaulted the First Amendment on the Kansas Plains when they illegally raided the office of the Marion County Record […]
Lawrence HS student journalist fought their administration and won
Without journalism societies and democracies die, and the student journalists at Lawrence (Kan.) High School are doing their part. Staffers of The Budget stood up […]