A cooperative project among state press associations that was launched by the Kansas Press Association (a KPA) is being offered again in 2024 by the Kentucky Press Association.
Earn Your Press Pass is a web-based course that teachers the fundamentals of journalism and is intended to fill the gaps for newspapers having difficulty recruiting trained journalists. The course is offered to Kentucky newspaper members at no cost.
Earn Your Press Pass provides new hires the information and structure they need to sit down and complete lessons that teach the basics of goo journalism, Everything from common newspaper terminology to story writing to media laws are covered in the materials.
Not intended as a college level course, the goal of EYPP is to impart practical, usable knowledge to participants. Lessons take the layperson to a functioning newspaper reporter upon completion in a straight-forward and comprehensive approach. Participants completing the course receive a certificate to that effect.
Earn Your Press Pass began as a cooperative project of the Kansas Press Association and Lindsey Young, part owner of Kansas Publishing Ventures, which operates four community weekly newspapers in south central Kansas. Young has experience instructing students in everything from English to public speaking to journalism and that could be the reason one Missouri Press Association newspaper group had the brilliant idea of using EYPP to introduce journalism to high school students.
To learn more about the course, visit earnyourpresspass.com. To sign up for the course, contact Bruce Maples, Forward Kentucky and 2024 KPA treasurer at Bruce@forwardky.com
