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Mar 17, 2022

Watch replay: Ray Long talks about his new book about former ﾃ螻ｱｽ遧ﾘ 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窶ｦ

Mar 07, 2022

PAR grad Ray Long talks about Michael Madigan with us on March 17

Ray Long's new book about former ﾃ螻ｱｽ遧ﾘ House Speaker Michael Madigan comes out March 22. Veteran Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Ray Long has窶ｦ

Jan 19, 2022

Your Local Newspaper Is In Trouble

Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash.com I窶况e written about this topic often over the past year as I discussed various ways to keep local news窶ｦ

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窶ｦ

Sep 23, 2021

PAR: Real journalism experience and a master窶冱 degree without a huge student loan

PAR student Derek Cantu was an intern for NPR ﾃ螻ｱｽ遧ﾘ in 2021. (UIS photo) A headline in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye last week:ﾂ� 窶廱ournalism窶ｦ

May 26, 2021

Recollections of Springfield

Being the politics nerd and longtime Springfield resident that I am, I窶冦 always interested when well-known political figures offer their impressions窶ｦ