• 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

Good luck at IHSA State! (#IHSAJ2015)

April 27, 2015
IHSA Journalism State is THIS Friday. IJEA wishes the best of luck to all student journalist competitors, and remember, you are among the BEST!
Hinsdale South senior Ashley Yong (second from left), with her adviser, Jim Kelly (far left), after she received the news that she was named the 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year. The bearers of those good tidings were IJEA board members Stan Zoller (second from right) and Brenda Field. Zoller is national JEA's East Region director, and Field is JEA's Illinois state director.

The 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year is Ashley Yong!

March 7, 2015
Congratulations to 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year Ashley Yong of Hinsdale South, and her adviser Jim Kelly. JEA's East Region Director Stan Zoller and Illinois State Director Brenda Field made the announcement at the high school Monday, March 2.
Upcoming scholastic journalism events!

Upcoming scholastic journalism events!

February 28, 2015
Need a timeline? Check out the dates and events below for student journalists and their advisers to continue to learn and grow!
Does anyone have a great lesson plan for ...

Does anyone have a great lesson plan for …

February 19, 2015

Typically, journalism advisers and educators are the only ones (or one of only a few) who teach that subject matter. It's tough to collaborate and get new ideas at times — for all of us. Enter the...

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