Husband/dad, @UISPAR director/alum, former ME @sjrbreaking. Grad of @UISedu, @IllinoisStateU, @IVCCEagles, @LPCavaliers. @Cubs fan.
Springfield, IL
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Jason Piscia retweeted
Among the bills signed today: HB 4592, which allows @ILSecOfState to create and issue digital ID cards and driver’s licenses. @LeeEntNews' @UISPAR intern @kellie_foy was the first reporter to write about the bill. Her coverage:
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Congratulations to newly inducted Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve McMichael. One of my prized childhood possessions is this autograph I got from him in 1987 when he visited my hometown Peru Mall! #TeamMongo 🐻 – at Illinois, USA
.@UISedu is looking for an instructor to lead our student media organization, The Observer, and to teach some courses. The application window closes June 30. uis.csod.com/ux/ats/careersi…
Jason Piscia retweeted
We applaud Illinois for its landmark legislation supporting local news with an employment tax credit for current reporters and new hires. The state is committing $25 million over 5 years to for-profit and nonprofit newsrooms!
Learn more: rebuildlocalnews.org/rebuild…
Anyone in Springfield have a print copy of today’s Sun-Times I can have when you’re done with it? We’re having trouble finding a copy today. – at Chatham, IL
I’m election judging in Auburn. 3:15 p.m. check-in from our precinct: 31 voters - 29 of them pulled Republican ballots. 1 same-day registration voter. No real contested races for elected office on the Dem ballot here. Just one contested office (13th Congressional) for the GOP.
Former @UISedu Chancellor Susan Koch, right, is at Carver-Hawkeye Arena tonight to watch Caitlin Clark break the NCAA all-time women’s scoring record.
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln take in a performance of “Ghosts of the Library” on Monday, his 215th birthday, at the @ALPLM. Free admission today!
Thank you to The Storyteller Studios' Josh Hester for visiting my @uisedu Intro to Mass Media course this week to talk about marketing through video. We watched many examples of effective storytelling, including this one about downed power lines. youtube.com/watch?v=3LO5DlkD…
Jason Piscia retweeted
Reporters' job is to ask questions and officials' duty is to answer them.
Calumet City, IL, officials should withdraw the citations against @DailySouthtown's reporter @hanksanders_ and stop hampering newsgathering and the public's right to know.
Reporter @hanksanders_ for the suburban Chicago newspaper @DailySouthtown was cited on Oct 30 for violating municipal ordinances for asking city officials questions about the upkeep of its stormwater infrastructure after massive flooding earlier this fall. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
I imagine the number of journalists’ questions will only increase from here. // Calumet City officials ticket Daily Southtown reporter for ‘hampering’ city employees with questions. chicagotribune.com/news/brea…
Tell me you attend a school in Springfield, Illinois, without telling me you attend a school in Springfield, Illinois. On next week’s lunch menu …
I’m in San Diego this week on a family trip. Good to see @AbbieNews8 (PAR Class of ’04) on the @CBS8 morning show! – at California, USA
A helicopter that appears to have taken off from Edinburg has been flying low over Chatham for the last 45 minutes or so. Storm damage assessments?
I’ll be on @WTAX at 7:40 am to talk about next week’s @UISedu high school journalism camp. Listen at wtax.com/. Sign up for camp at go.uis.edu/uisacademicsummer…. – at Springfield, IL
BREAKING NEWS: Thanks to generous support from the Illinois Press Foundation we're now offering full-ride scholarships for our Summer Journalism Camp for high schoolers July 17-21. Email [email protected] to inquire about scholarships. Sign up for the camp: go.uis.edu/uisacademicsummer….
Hear more about the camp in this NPR Illinois interview with UIS faculty members Ann Strahle and Jason Piscia: nprillinois.org/community-vo…
