Now working in marketing. Previously @WhigNews and @hannibalcourier. @EIUJournalism, @UISPAR alum. RTs, follows not endorsements.
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Joined May 2014
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The FBI’s raid today on the home of @washingtonpost reporter @hannah_natanson is an alarming escalation in the Trump administration’s war on press freedom.
Watch @trevortimm explain how the @TheJusticeDept is not only attacking the First Amendment but also ignoring federal law.
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Darren Bailey proposes DOGE-style program for Illinois, but insists it won’t include mass layoffs or partisan politics. Plus, the first poll in the GOP primary. @BenSzalinski reports. loom.ly/8HsIKKU
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Madigan confidant Michael McClain reports to prison chicagotribune.com/2025/12/3…
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'Chicago Sun-Times demands DHS remove social posts using its photos without permission.'
@_ViMiller reports.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigra…
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BREAKING: An Illinois jury convicted a former sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had called 911 asking for help. apnews.com/article/sean-gray…
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Federal judge grants TRO in lawsuit to protect protesters, journalists covering “Operation Midway Blitz.” Story by @PeterQHancock. loom.ly/KGqeW7U
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Now’s a good time to note CNI & the IL Press Foundation separated from the Press Assn a few years back.
We’re now 2 separate orgs & I’m as surprised by all this as anyone
Craven remains our lawyer & ally — few have done more for press freedom than him. localnewsinitiative.northwes…
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The publications in Alaska lost significant staffing after the owners made changes to an article that had drawn criticism from a Republican state lawmaker. nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/po…
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Other media news...
Illinois law requires 120 days notice to the state, employees and county before a media company is sold out of state to give an in-state buyer a chance.
A downstate newspaper company just sold off 8 papers without notice-- but the law has no way to be enforced
An Illinois newspaper company has sold to a Kentucky publisher, apparently without providing groups with 120 days’ notice as required by a new state law. @BenSzalinski reports. loom.ly/33VXdC8
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Former two-term Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar dies at 79 @rap30 chicagotribune.com/2025/09/1…
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NFL podcast host announces engagement to recent guest ow.ly/IH9m106jX99
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Here's a letter Michael McClain wrote to the judge, included in his sentencing papers today:
Federal prosecutors seek nearly six years in prison for Madigan confidant Michael McClain
@Suntimes story: chicago.suntimes.com/2025/07…
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UPDATE: The Everett NewsGuild is calling on Herald subscribers to support their contract fight as Carpenter Media Group continues to offer low wages and tie meager raises to story quotas. (1/5)
actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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Cardinal Robert Prevost (center, blue shirt) visited the flagship @AureliosPizza location in Homewood in August with friends and family. Who could've imagined what would happen less than a year later! wgntv.com/news/robert-prevos… @WGNNews
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Blessing CEO steps down effective immediately whig.com/lifestyles/health/h…
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Today is the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and also the 160th anniversary of the most buried lede in the history of journalism.
AP's dispatch from 1865:
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Moore defeats Troup in Quincy mayor's race whig.com/news/moore-defeats-…
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Renfro leaving JWCC to become chancellor at Eastern Iowa Community Colleges whig.com/education/jwcc/renf…