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  • 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

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Illinois Regional High School Press Associations

Eastern Illinois High School Press Association (EIHSPA)
Sally Renaud
Department of Journalism
2542 Buzzard Hall
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-7867
Fax 217-581-7188
[email protected]

IJEA President
Sarah Doerner
229 N. Maple
Du Quoin, IL 62832
Retired from Du Quoin High School
H: (618) 542-5146
[email protected]

Illinois State High School Press Association (ISHSPA)
Lynn Holly, Director
University of Illinois
Journalism Department
119 Gregory Hall, 810 S Wright
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-1508 or 333-0709
Fax 217-333-7931
[email protected]

 Northern Illinois School Press Association (NISPA)
Dennis Brown
Huntley High School
13719 Harmony Road
Huntley, IL 60142
847-659-6600
[email protected]

Scholastic Press Association of Chicago (SPAC)
Linda Jones, Director
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605
312-281-3230
Fax 312-281-3231
[email protected]

 Southern Illinois School Press Association (SISPA)
Laurie Bielong
Belleville West High School
4063 Frank Scott Parkway West
Belleville, IL 62223
618-222-7500
Fax: 618-235-2484
http://web.mac.com/lbielong/iWeb/SISP
[email protected]

Kettle Moraine Press Association (KEMPA)
Stan Zoller
Rolling Meadows High School
2901 Central Road
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
847-718-5951
[email protected]

Jim Killam
Northern Illinois
Campus Life Building, Suite 130
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 753-4239
[email protected]
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