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Four Illinois newspapers named NSPA Pacemakers

Four Illinois newspapers named NSPA Pacemakers

December 1, 2014

Four Illinois student newspapers have been named Pacemakers by the National Scholastic Press Association. They are: • The Advocate, Washington Community High School, Haley Willis, editor, Jennifer...

IJEAs Stan Zoller selected for NSPAs top honor to journalism educators

IJEA’s Stan Zoller selected for NSPA’s top honor to journalism educators

September 29, 2014
The former Rolling Meadows adviser and tireless scholastic journalism advocate will receive the Pioneer Award in November at the JEA/NSPA Fall National Convention.

Mike Doyle: Lifetime Achievement Award recipient

August 26, 2014
The newly retired Belvidere North adviser is one of 13 to be recognized with a 2014 JEA Lifetime Achievement Award.
2013-14 All-State Team honored by IJEA at year-end event

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 •...

Video: Mike Doyle reflects on career as he accepts 2014 James A. Tidwell Award

May 16, 2014
The Belvidere fixture is retiring after 15 years of working with high school journalists — and fittingly he's the recipient of IJEA's highest teaching award .
Lane Tech editor-in-chief named 2014 Illinois Journalist of the Year

Lane Tech editor-in-chief named 2014 Illinois Journalist of the Year

March 12, 2014

Walker Post, editor-in-chief of The Warrior at Lane Technical High School in Chicago, is the 2014 Illinois Journalist of the Year. The announcement was made during the annual spring conference of...

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...

Video: Top 10 great things about advising from Educator of the Year Laurie Bielong

April 29, 2013

CHARLESTON — Belleville West newspaper adviser Laurie Bielong, along with sound effects, gave a fantastic acceptance speech for the 2013 Illinois Scholastic Journalism Educator of the Year award at the...

Bielong named Illinois Scholastic Journalism Educator of the Year

April 11, 2013

Laurie Bielong, longtime adviser of the Hy News at Belleville West, was surprised Wednesday, April 10, at a faculty meeting by being named IJEA's 2013 Illinois Scholastic Journalism Educator of the Year. Carol...

2010-11 All-State high school journalists honored

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,...

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