We are delighted to announce IJEA's new partnership with Northwestern University's Medill School! We are now headquartered at Medill, and our new executive director is Katie Fernandez, CJE, senior program coordinator of Medill's Teach for Chicago Journalism program. Thank you, Medill, for your support of high school journalism!
Journalism educators! Join IJEA today! Annual memberships for 2025-26 and lifetime memberships are available. Use our online form or fillable PDF to join!
Yearbook advisers! We are now accepting entries for the 2025 IJEA Yearbook Contest! The postmark deadline is Oct. 15, 2025, for books that cover 2024-25 school year.
Congratulations to IJEA member schools Huntley H.S. and Prospect H.S. on co-winning the IHSA journalism state title! The schools tied for 1st place at the IHSA finals April 25 in Normal.
Congratulations to IJEA Executive Director Linda Jones on receiving the national JEA's Lifetime Achievement Award! She was 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.

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KETTLE MORAINE PRESS ASSOCIATION (KEMPA)
Dr. Keith Zukas, KEMPA Executive Director
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Department of Communication
McCutchan Hall, Room 113A
800 West Main Street
Whitewater, WI 53190
[email protected]

NORTHERN ILLINOIS SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION (NISPA)
Dennis Brown, NISPA President
Huntley High School
13719 Harmony Road
Huntley, IL 60142
[email protected]

SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO (SPAC)
Katie Fernandez, SPAC Director
Fisk Hall
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing and Communications
1845 Sheridan Rd
Evanston, IL 60208
[email protected]

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SCHOOL PRESS ASSOCIATION (SISPA)
Dana Donovan, SISPA Co-Director
Okawville Jr./Sr. High School
400 S. Hanover
Okawville, IL 62271
[email protected]

Gina Shook, SISPA Co-Director

Carlyle High School
1461 12th St
Carlyle, IL 62231

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ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION (IHSA)
Matt Troha, IHSA Administrator for Journalism
2715 McGraw Drive
Bloomington, IL 61704
[email protected]

ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION AND FOUNDATION (IPA/IPF)
Sam Fisher, IPA Executive Director
900 Community Drive
Springfield, IL 62703
[email protected]

ILLINOIS WOMAN’S PRESS ASSOCIATION
Cora Weisenberger, High School Contest Chair
P.O. Box 180150
Chicago, IL 60618-9997
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