• 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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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

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DESCRIPTION OF SPECIAL CATEGORY
(OPEN TO ENTRIES FROM ALL MEDIA, PRINT AND DIGITAL)


SPECIAL CATEGORY

Best COVID-19 Coverage

A piece of journalism that provides timely information about anything related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the school community.
This is a special category, open to both print and digital media. Any type of article, photo/photo gallery, video, podcast, infographic, illustration or other coverage related to COVID-19 and its impact will be accepted.

Number of Entries

Total number of entries in this special category is limited to two per school.

Duplicate Submissions

If you have already submitted or plan to submit a coronavirus-related item in another category (e.g., Best News Story), you may also submit that item in this special category. Winners in the Best COVID-19 Coverage category will not count for points in the Best Overall Publication competition. This is a special category that is meant to highlight outstanding student work covering an extraordinary event under extraordinary circumstances.

 

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