The Golden Dragon is spearheading a new interschool initiative to connect student-led publications across South Korea.
Student journalism across international schools in Korea has long operated in isolation. Each publication works hard within its own school, but rarely in conversation with the others. The Korean International Scholastic Press Association, or KISPA, is here to change that.
Whether your school has a well-established newspaper, a literary magazine, or a newly founded publication finding its footing, KISPA offers a space to collaborate and share resources.
So how does it work?
Member publications will be encouraged to cross-link (if published online) and republish each other’s work, allowing the impact of student voices to extend beyond their own school walls. A shared resource library will give editorial teams access to style guides, workflow templates, and other resources: the institutional knowledge that often disappears when the seniors graduate. And for students who want to write outside their school’s ecosystem entirely, KISPA will run its own independent publication, open to contribution from every member school.
The Golden Dragon is proud to be a founding member of this initiative. We believe that by working together, every publication involved becomes stronger.
KISPA is currently reaching out to student publications across Korea, and so far has Busan Foreign School’s Global Affairs Magazine on board. If your school has a publication and you’re interested in joining, or if you simply want to follow what we’re doing, reach out to us at kispainfo [at] gmail [dot] com or visit kispa.net.
— The Editors, The Golden Dragon