• Our 2025 Newspaper & Digital News Media Contest is now open for entries! Advisers, we want to recognize your students' great work! Deadline is March 15.
  • Congratulations to IJEA Executive Director Linda Jones on receiving the national JEA's Lifetime Achievement Award! She will be honored at the 2025 Spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle.
  • Congratulations to IJEA member Leslie Fireman, journalism adviser at West Chicago High School, on winning the national JEA's Rising Star Award! She was honored at the 2024 Fall JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Philadelphia.
  • Congratulations to IJEA Hall of Fame member Stan Zoller, MJE, on being the inaugural winner of the National JEA's Candace and John Bowen Adviser First Amendment Leadership Award! He was honored at the 2024 Fall JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Philadelphia.
  • It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Sarah Doerner, IJEA’s longest-serving president. Sarah died Nov. 29 in Du Quoin at the age of 86. Services were held Dec. 7. See below for our tribute to this great journalism educator.
  • Advisers! Join IJEA today! Annual memberships and lifetime memberships are available. Use our online form or fillable PDF to join!
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Illinois Journalism Education Association, 2501 Chatham Road, Suite 200, Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois JEA
Illinois Journalism Education Association, 2501 Chatham Road, Suite 200, Springfield, IL 62704

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Apply NOW: 2016 Summer Journalism Workshops

Apply NOW: 2016 Summer Journalism Workshops

By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member • May 19, 2016

Journalism education doesn't stop when the school year ends. There are many opportunities to keep learning, practicing, and engaging with other student journalists throughout the summer months. Take a...

U of I offers new journalism camp focused on multimedia

U of I offers new journalism camp focused on multimedia

By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member • May 19, 2016

The College of Media at the University of Illinois has a new Journalism camp: PRESS PASS. This multimedia journalism camp for students teaches storytelling skills and how to prepare video news breaks...

Make your summer plans now: Apply to the IPF/EIU High School Journalism Workshop

Make your summer plans now: Apply to the IPF/EIU High School Journalism Workshop

Illinois Journalism Education Association • March 8, 2016
How does an all-expenses-paid, 10-day summer j-camp sound? If you're a student, read on for application info. If you're an adviser, share this with your students!
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