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Mar 17, 2022
Watch replay: Ray Long talks about his new book about former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan
On March 17, the Public Affairs Reporting program hosted a conversation with Ray Long, the longtime investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune. He…
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Mar 07, 2022
PAR grad Ray Long talks about Michael Madigan with us on March 17
Ray Long's new book about former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan comes out March 22. Veteran Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Ray Long has…
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Jan 19, 2022
Your Local Newspaper Is In Trouble
Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash.com I’ve written about this topic often over the past year as I discussed various ways to keep local news…
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Dec 22, 2021
News literacy: A lesson for all ages
PAR Director Jason Piscia talks about news literacy with a class at La Salle-Peru Twp. High School on Dec. 7, 2021. (Photo courtesy LPHS) I write on…
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Sep 23, 2021
PAR: Real journalism experience and a master’s degree without a huge student loan
PAR student Derek Cantu was an intern for NPR Illinois in 2021. (UIS photo) A headline in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye last week:  “Journalism…
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May 26, 2021
Recollections of Springfield
Being the politics nerd and longtime Springfield resident that I am, I’m always interested when well-known political figures offer their impressions…