2025 IJEA Newspaper & Digital News Media Contest

Best Personality Profile (Enrollment Division 3) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Prospect High School
    Entry Title: Paving future of girls' athletics
    Entry Credit: Amanda Feinberg
    Judge Comment: Great story with a strong lead. It's also timely and important. The anecdote about the sign is amusing and affecting simultaneously.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Washington Community High School
    Entry Title: Walcott shares fascinating experiences
    Entry Credit: Tristan Bailey
    Judge Comment: Good piece with a strong sense of how to tell an engaging story. The subject is attractive to students and will help them to think about the power of their own lives. The opening could be more quickly anecdotal, though the story it eventually tells is compelling.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: West Chicago High School
    Entry Title: Humans of WEGO: From equations to keepsakes: Aaron Hayes frames a legacy
    Entry Credit: Logan Reed
    Judge Comment: Good story with strong anecdotes about an attractive subject. The anecdotal portion of the lead could come before the more general and informational part. That small change would help draw in readers.
  • Competition Comment: None