{"id":9707,"date":"2015-12-14T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T02:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=9707"},"modified":"2015-12-14T20:03:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T02:03:16","slug":"cpb-grant-funds-new-illinois-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/12\/14\/cpb-grant-funds-new-illinois-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"CPB grant opens \u2018Illinois Newsroom\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Corporation for Public Broadcasting<\/p><\/div>\n

Fortified with a $715,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,<\/a> seven public radio and television stations in downstate Illinois announced formation of a regional news collaboration Monday.<\/p>\n

With \u201cIllinois Newsroom\u201d as its working title, the partnership will employ eight journalists who will focus on three key topics \u2014 political issues, education, and health and environment. Stories they produce will air on partner stations and contribute to national programs such as \"PBS NewsHour\" and NPR\u2019s \"Morning Edition\" and \"All Things Considered.\"<\/p>\n

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Illinois Public Media<\/p><\/div>\n

Leading the initiative is Illinois Public Media,<\/a>\u00a0the not-for-profit public media service of the College of Media at the University of Illinois, and licensee of WILL in Urbana. Other participants include WTVP in Peoria, WUIS in Springfield, WSIU in Carbondale, Tri-States Public Radio in Macomb, WVIK in Rock Island, and WEIU in Charleston.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis downstate regional journalism collaboration will serve as the source for stories, programs and news that reflect our sense of place as well as contribute to the growing number of local programs airing on national platforms,\u201d Moss Bresnahan, president of WILL and WTVP, said in a statement.<\/a> \u201cI believe we will generate multiplatform content that will be relevant to audiences across the country and will be heard by them, too. We want to be Illinois\u2019 recognized leader in telling the stories that matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

The partnership also will work with the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting in Champaign-Urbana and with Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois.<\/p>\n

In announcing<\/a> the grant Monday, Bruce Theriault, senior vice president of journalism and radio for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, said: \u201cCPB is pleased to support this historic journalism partnership among Illinois public media stations. Collaboration is a multiplier and a game-changer. By working together, these stations can ensure that important stories from across Illinois are told locally, regionally \u2014 and nationally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fortified with a $715,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, seven public radio and television stations in downstate Illinois announced formation of a regional news collaboration Monday. With \u201cIllinois Newsroom\u201d as its working title, the partnership will employ eight journalists who will focus on three key topics \u2014 political issues, education, and health and... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9707"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9715,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707\/revisions\/9715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}