2026 All-State Journalism Team  All-Stater Alex Brudvik Isabelle Robinson Atticus Ball Addison Stone Emma Weintraub Stella Rankin Michalina Sotka Carson Ryan Audra...

Congratulations to Light Dohrn, a senior from University of Chicago Laboratory High School in Chicago on being named the 2026 Illinois Journalist of the Year by the Illinois Journalism Education Association. ...

We are saddened to announce the passing of one of IJEA's founding members, Randy Swikle. Swikle was IJEA's first president serving from 1988 to 1991 and then again from 2000 to 2001. Swikle taught and...

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,...

On July 29, 2016, Illinois became a New Voices state when the Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act (HB 5902) became law. The Illinois Journalism Education Association was elated at the bill’s passage,...

Typically, journalism advisers and educators are the only ones (or one of only a few) who teach that subject matter. It's tough to collaborate and get new ideas at times — for all of us. Enter the...

Twelve Illinois high school media staff members named to the 2013-14 All-State Journalism Team, sponsored by the Illinois Journalism Education Association, were honored in a ceremony Saturday, June 7,...

On June 7, Daily Herald Film Critic Dann Gire was the featured speaker at IJEA’s annual award luncheon at the Governor’s mansion in Springfield.  Here's what he told the students and their faculty...

Walker Post, editor-in-chief of The Warrior at Lane Technical High School in Chicago, is the 2014 Illinois Journalist of the Year. The announcement was made during the annual spring conference of...

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