2025 IJEA Newspaper & Digital News Media Contest

Best Overall Design (Enrollment Division 1) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Harrisburg High School
    Entry Title: Purple Clarion Volume 98, Issue 1
    Entry Credit: Isabella Dooley
    Judge Comment: Color palette and font choice help establish a distinct look and feel. Modular design achieved. Copy is generally clean and easy to read. Consider slightly wider margins and looking for more ways to find white space.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Herscher High School
    Entry Title: December
    Entry Credit: Gianna Giacometti, Brittany Wietting
    Judge Comment: Text is generally clean and easy to read. Dominant images appear on most pages. Consider other graphics (callouts, charts, drop caps) to boost reader interest.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Harrisburg High School
    Entry Title: Purple Clarion Volume 98, Issue 2
    Entry Credit: Isabella Dooley
    Judge Comment: Another well-done issue. Graphic elements and colored screens help boost reader interest.
  • Competition Comment: None