Illinois JEA

Annual awards event recognizes All-State Team, Journalist of Year and former IJEA director

June 17, 2022

We honored our 2022 All-State Journalism Team, Illinois Journalist of the Year and IJOY runner-up as well as former IJEA Executive Director Dr. Sally Renaud on June 4 in Springfield. Thank you to the Illinois Press Foundation for making this event possible and to film critic Matt Fagerholm for serving as our keynote speaker. Congrats to all!

IJEA selects All-State Journalism Team for 2017

By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member • April 28, 2017

The All-State Journalism Team began in spring of 2005, when the Illinois Journalism Education Association recognized a need to honor those students who have proven themselves indispensable to their...

IJEA selects All-State Journalism Team for 2016

By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member • May 2, 2016

The All-State Journalism Team began in spring of 2005, when the Illinois Journalism Education Association recognized a need to honor those students who have proven themselves indispensable to their...

Video: Here’s what’s so great about the IJEA All-State Journalism Team. Now go for it!

By Dave Porreca, IJEA Website Editor • September 14, 2015

Michael Geheren, a member of the IJEA All-State Journalism Team in 2012 and 2013, talks about why students should enter the competition and why advisers should nominate their MVPs.

Meet our new All-State Team!

By Dave Porreca, IJEA Website Editor • May 5, 2015

Whether they're editing copy, writing headlines, designing pages or otherwise saving the day behind the scenes, these nine students make sure their school publications deliver excellence in journalism.

2013-14 All-State Team honored by IJEA at year-end event

June 13, 2014

Twelve Illinois high school media staff members named to the 2013-14 All-State Journalism Team, sponsored by the Illinois Journalism Education Association, were honored in a ceremony Saturday, June 7,...

2013-14 All-State Team announced

May 28, 2014

The Illinois Journalism Education Association has announced its 2013-14 All-State Team. The team members are: • Gabrielle Abesamis of Niles West High School in Skokie, Evelyn Lauer, adviser •...

2012-13 All-State Team to be honored June 1 at Executive Mansion

May 8, 2013

Each year the IJEA names members of the All-State Journalism Team, those MVPs without whom their student media would not run as smoothly. Advisers nominate students who rise to the challenge, who work...

2010-11 All-State high school journalists honored

June 15, 2011

At a ceremony Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, the IJEA honored the state's top high school journalists. At this annual event, co-sponsored by the Illinois Press Foundation, students,...

2009-10 All-State Journalism Team receives awards in Springfield

June 6, 2010

Members of the 2009-10 All-State Journalism Team gathered at the Executive Mansion in Springfield for their induction on June 5. The team members are: Karen Baena, Lane Technical College Prep High School,...

2008-09 All-State Journalism Team lauded at Governor’s Mansion

June 7, 2009

Ten Illinois high school newspaper/yearbook staff members were been named to the 2008-09 All-State Journalism Team sponsored by the Illinois Journalism Education Association. The All-State Journalism...

2007-08 top journalists take center stage as All-State Journalism Team

June 16, 2008

SPRINGFIELD — What an afternoon! And what a time for high school journalism. Ten Illinois high school newspaper/yearbook staff members were named to the 2007-08 IJEA All-State Journalism Team in a...