2026 IJEA Newspaper & Digital News Media Contest

Best Infographic ( Enrollment Division 3) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: West Chicago High School
    Entry Title: Absolutely Not
    Entry Credit: Alyson Dusing
    Judge Comment: Nice infographic! The text is a little hard to read but the illustrations make up for it.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Maine West High School
    Entry Title: From seed to soil
    Entry Credit: Joey Murphy
    Judge Comment: Simple but powerful and informative.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Normal Community High School
    Entry Title: Executive order threatens protections across 112 million acres of U.S. Forests; Science teachers react
    Entry Credit: Bryce Hickman
    Judge Comment: The map is great! However, the Florida parks are interfering with the text below.
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: Maine West High School
    Entry Title: Levelling up the playing field
    Entry Credit: Joseph Murphy, Noah Abero
    Judge Comment: Nice graphic. I think there may be a couple of typos. (Levelling is the British spelling, and should Blinding Layer be Binding Layer?)
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: West Chicago High School
    Entry Title: [INFOGRAPHIC] What’s in your backpack?
    Entry Credit: Romeo Alfaro
    Judge Comment: Excellent, but technically it is stand-alone and should have been entered in the "Best Alternative Storytelling" category.
  • Competition Comment: All were very well done! Hard to pick a winner so I had to eliminate some on technicalities.