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  • 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. We will be publishing a tribute to this great journalism educator in the coming days.
  • High school seniors! Get your portfolios ready for the 2025 Illinois Journalist of the Year Contest! Entries will be due Feb. 15.
  • The winners of the 2024 IJEA Yearbook Contest have been announced! Check out our article below for the full listing of honorees!
  • A big thank you to everyone who attended our 2024 Fall Conference, which took place Sept. 20 at Illinois State University. The sessions were amazing! Thank you to all of our presenters!
  • 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 Membership Form

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HERE’S THE FIRST STEP TO MEMBERSHIP!
DOWNLOAD OUR MEMBERSHIP FORM HERE

 

Thanks for deciding to join or renew with the Illinois Journalism Education Association for the 2018-19 school year! Your annual membership will be good from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

Our membership fee is $25 per year and will include one free publication contest entry (newspaper or yearbook).


WHY JOIN IJEA?

Your IJEA membership allows you to:

1. Enter your students’ work in our annual newspaper and yearbook contests.
2. Waive the entry fee for one of our publication contests (newspaper or yearbook).
3. Nominate your top senior for Illinois Journalist of the Year and our $300 prize.
4. Nominate your MVPs for our All-State Journalism Team.
5. Apply for or nominate others for our annual top scholastic media educator award.
6. Nominate administrators and friends of scholastic journalism for recognition.
7. Receive our quarterly print newsletter.
8. Receive email updates on the latest news in Illinois scholastic journalism.
9. Receive mentorship from our experienced advisers.
10. Support our fall conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — each year our conference energizes students and advisers with dozens of expert learning sessions.
11. Support our state tournament partnership with IHSA — for 10 years we’ve worked with IHSA to put on a statewide journalism tournament that begins with sectionals and culminates in a final that crowns individual and team state champions.
12. Enjoy the backing and fellowship of a statewide organization devoted to scholastic journalism — you’re not alone when you have likeminded women and men around the state ready to assist you when you need help and eager to celebrate with you when your students produce great work.


HOW TO JOIN IJEA

You can download a membership form here:

2018-19 IJEA Membership Form

NOTE: This form includes a space for you to join national JEA as well. If you join both organizations using this form, we will receive $5 back from national JEA — an easy way to help us financially! 

 

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