The article originally appeared on the Journalism Education Association website.
The Journalism Education Association has selected Brenda Field, MJE, of Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois,...
By Amanda C. Bright, Co-Secretary and At-Large Board Member
• September 18, 2017
For one, it was her final year directing the IJEA Fall Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. For the other, it was a lifetime of service as past president of the Illinois Journalism...
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• May 12, 2017
The Glenbrook South High School yearbook adviser and state director for the IJEA encourages advisers to "Fly the J" as a reference to her beloved Cubs and scholastic press freedom in Illinois
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• May 12, 2017
Cathy Wall, herself a member of the IJEA Hall of Fame, inducted Stan Zoller and Brenda Field into the 2017 class of the IJEA Hall of Fame during the IHSA State Journalism Competition at Eastern Illinois...
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• September 29, 2016
In accepting the Friend of Scholastic Journalism award, Linda Jones spoke of everyone -- except herself.
From the McCormick Foundation to the Scholastic Press Association of Chicago advisers, Jones...
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• May 4, 2016
Harrisburg High School journalism adviser Cathy Wall was pragmatic in her advice to a room packed with other publications teachers from throughout Illinois. Pull other advisers into the Illinois journalism...
There's probably no type of contest that better simulates the deadline conditions of real journalism than a write-off competition. No wonder the JEA Write-offs in Orlando attracted more than 2,000 participants. And Illinois students were right in the thick of things.
Laurie Bielong, longtime adviser of the Hy News at Belleville West, was surprised Wednesday, April 10, at a faculty meeting by being named IJEA's 2013 Illinois Scholastic Journalism Educator of the Year.
Carol...
Karen Waldron, longtime administrative aide at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and SISPA and IHSA coordinator, was honored Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, as IJEA's Friend of Scholastic Journalism.
Waldron,...
