Jeff Browne, formerly an adjunct professor at the Colorado State University Department of Journalism and Technical Communication, is the new director of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association (KSPA). He also will serve as a lecturer in the KU J-School.

Browne will assist with the School of Journalism’s nationally-known high school journalism summer camp, the Kansas Journalism Institute.

Browne taught classes in online journalism and in professional/technical writing at Colorado State University. In addition, he advised journalism students in the Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation in new media and sports journalism.

He also has extensive experience in scholastic journalism, having served as executive director of the Colorado High School Press Association, director of student media and student media editorial adviser, all at Colorado State University. He also has worked as a sports reporter, columnist and copy editor at newspapers in Florida.

KSPA is a non-profit organization composed of Kansas high school and junior high school journalism teachers and their students. This organization is committed to excellence in journalism at all levels and focuses on providing journalism education leadership for Kansas teachers and students. KSPA operates contests, conferences and scheduled activities throughout the academic year.

Sponsored by the KU School of Journalism, the Kansas Journalism Institute (KJI) is one of the nation's best-known summer journalism programs. Each year, it draws about 200 participants from a dozen or more states to the University of Kansas campus.