About Us

The Epic website (@smwest.com) is the official website for the Shawnee Mission West newspaper. It includes a variety of news stories, updates, and videos/podcasts all pertaining to what’s happening in West’s community.

For more live updates on new stories, make sure to follow @SMWjournalism on Twitter and Instagram.

The Epic website and newspaper are fully run by West students. Amy Morgan is the advisor of all journalism programs here at West. This year the newspaper is led by editor-in-chief Lily Coash-Johnson!