• 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!
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

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

Illinois JEA

IJEA Lifetime Achievement Nomination Form

IJEA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD


THE AWARD: Each year, the IJEA seeks to honor individual retired scholastic media educators for a lifetime of dedication to scholastic media education. Please note that membership in IJEA is not required for this award. In selecting honorees, IJEA seeks to recognize those individuals making a long-time commitment to scholastic media education but who are now retired. These can include:

  • Those who are retired scholastic media educators and/or advisers of student media.
  • Those who are or have been strong advocates for scholastic media education.

PRESENTATION: The award is presented at the annual awards luncheon in June; however, it may not be presented every year.

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS: Past honorees and other advisers who are members of IJEA are encouraged to submit nominations for this award.

ANNUAL DEADLINE: This form must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. March 15 of the current school year.

NOTE: Asterisks indicate fields in which a response is required.


  • SECTION 1: NOMINATOR'S INFORMATION


  • SECTION 2: NOMINEE'S INFORMATION


  • SECTION 3: SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

  • Accepted file types: doc, docx, rtf, txt, pdf, Max. file size: 15 MB.

    Please upload a one- to two-page letter of nomination in which you state your reasons for nominating this individual and provide examples of why the candidate should be recognized with this award.


  • Accepted file types: doc, docx, rtf, txt, pdf, Max. file size: 15 MB.

    Please upload a copy of your nominee’s résumé.


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    Accepted file types: doc, docx, rtf, txt, pdf, Max. file size: 15 MB.

      Please upload a minimum of one and a maximum of three letters of support for your nominee. Each letter should be limited to a single page. These letters may come from colleagues, students or former students, parents or others familiar with your nominee's work in the field of scholastic journalism.

    • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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