Awards

Spring 2025 National Student Media Contests

76 superior rankings awarded, 444 students recognized in Spring 2025 NSMC

JEA honors Alan Tai of California as 2025 Journalist of the Year

JEA recognizes Michigan’s Annabella Mi as 2025 Aspiring Young Journalist

duPont Manual captures fifth National Journalism Quiz Bowl win in Seattle

Impact Award 2025

2025 Impact Award winner sheds light on budget cuts

21 schools recognized as 2025 FAPFA winners

2025 First Amendment Press Freedom Award schools recognized

Harris wins 2025 Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award

JEA's 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

JEA names 8 Lifetime Achievement Award winners

2025 Diversity Award winner, The Torch Yearbook staff.

Orange Glen yearbook staff wins 2025 Diversity Award

Justin S. Daigle is the 2024 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year.

Daigle named 2024 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year

A JEA. Superior medal with the words Create Compete Critique, NSMC National Student Media Contests

92 Superior rankings awarded, 537 students recognized in Fall 2024 NSMC

Walnut Hills captures third National Journalism Quiz Bowl win in Philadelphia

SJW poster that reads Power of the Press Scholastic Journalism Week Feb. 24-28, 2025 and shows a cartoon illustration of a newspaper, a notebook and pen, an arm holding a microphone, and a camera all surrounded by stars. Image reads, Poster design by Maryann Bautista, Junior at Omaha Bryan High School in Nebraska.

Bautista’s poster design to represent Scholastic Journalism Week 2025

The top half of the graphic has a purple background with a large circular headshot of Margie Raper, MJE. Beneath this is text that reads, "Rock Hill High School, Frisco, Texas" The bottom half of the graphic is maroon with the JEA logo and text that reads, "2024 Broadcast Adviser of the Year"

Raper named 2024 Broadcast Adviser of the Year

Furnas receives JEA’s highest honor, Carl Towley Award

The top half of the graphic has a purple background with circular headshots of Kaup, Oglesbee, Staub Roger and Roskens respectfully. The bottom half of the graphic is maroon with the JEA logo and text that reads, "2024 Medal of Merit"

JEA honors 4 Medal of Merit winners

The top half of the graphic has a purple background with a large circular headshot of Stan Zoller. Beneath this is text that reads, "Buffalo Grove, Illinois." The bottom half of the graphic is maroon with the JEA logo and text that reads, "2024 Candace and John Bowen Adviser First Amendment Leadership Award"

Zoller named inaugural First Amendment Leadership Award recipient

The top half of the graphic has a purple background with circular headshots of Brautigam, Cameron, Campbell, Fireman, Huang, Kinney, Kniseley, Nickells and Porterfield respectfully. The bottom half of the graphic is maroon with the JEA logo and text that reads, "2024 Rising Stars"

JEA announces 9 Rising Star recipients

The top half of the graphic has a purple background with a large circular headshot of Michael G. Richards. Beneath this is text that reads, "Harrisonburg (Virginia) City Public Schools." The bottom half of the graphic is maroon with the JEA logo and text that reads, "2024 Administrator of the year"

JEA names Richards as 2024 Administrator of the Year

The top half of the graphic has a purple background with headshots of Lara Bergen, Jackie Majerus-Collins, Dan Mueller, and the North Carolina Press Foundation logo. The bottom half of the graphic is maroon with the JEA logo and text that reads, "2024 Friends of Scholastic Journalism"

JEA names 4 Friends of Scholastic Journalism

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