ANNUAL EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT for August 1, 2012 – July 31, 2013
The purpose of this EEO Public File Report is to comply with Section 73.2080©(6) of the FCC’s 2002 EEO Rule. This Report has been prepared on behalf of the Illinois Public Media Station Employment Unit that is comprised of the following stations: WILL-AM, WILL-FM and WILL-TV all of Urbana, IL. This report is required to be placed in the public inspection files of this station, and posted on our website. The information in this Report covers the time period beginning August 1, 2012 to and including July 31, 2013 (the “Applicable Period”).
The FCC’s 2002 EEO Rule requires that this Report contain the following information:
- A list of all full-time vacancies filled by the Station Employment Unit during the Applicable period.
- For each vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to fill the vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to notification pursuant to Section 73.2080 ©(1)(ii) of the new EEO Rule, which should be separately identified), identified by name, address, contact person and telephone number.
- The recruitment source that referred the hiree for each full-time vacancy during the Applicable Period.
- Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for full-time vacancies during the Applicable Period and the total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source utilized in connection with such vacancies.
- A list and brief description of the supplemental (non-vacancy specific) recruitment initiatives undertaken pursuant to Section 73.2080©(2) of the FCC rules.
Section 1. Six full-time vacancies were filled during this reporting period. See section 2 for contact information for recruitment sources.
| Recruitment Sources Used | Referred Person(s) Interviewed | Referred Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | University of Illinois HR Job Board | 2 | 1 |
| B | WILL/Illinois Public Media Internal Posting | ||
| C | WILL/Illinois Public Media jobs website page | 1 | |
| D | Illinois Academic Job Listserv | ||
| E | CPB Jobline | ||
| F | News Gazette | ||
| G | HigherEdJobs.com | ||
| H | PBS Connect | ||
| I | Herald & Review | ||
| J | Pantagraph | ||
| K | Monster.com |
| Recruitment Sources Used | Referred Person(s) Interviewed | Referred Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | University of Illinois HR Job Board | 1 | 1 |
| B | WILL/Illinois Public Media Internal Posting | ||
| C | WILL/Illinois Public Media jobs website page | ||
| D | Illinois Academic Job Listserv | ||
| E | CPB Jobline | 1 | |
| F | News Gazette | ||
| G | HigherEdJobs.com | ||
| H | PBS Connect | ||
| J | Pantagraph | ||
| L | Current Newspaper and online | ||
| M | Staff referral | 1 |
| Recruitment Sources Used | Referred Person(s) Interviewed | Referred Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | University of Illinois HR Job Board | ||
| B | WILL/Illinois Public Media Internal Posting | 2 | |
| C | WILL/Illinois Public Media jobs website page | ||
| D | Illinois Academic Job Listserv | ||
| E | CPB Jobline | 1 | 1 |
| F | News Gazette | ||
| G | HigherEdJobs.com | ||
| L | Current Newspaper and online | ||
| N | AbilityLinks.org | ||
| O | National Association of Black Journalists | ||
| P | National Association of Hispanic Journalists |
| Recruitment Sources Used | Referred Person(s) Interviewed | Referred Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | University of Illinois HR Job Board | ||
| B | WILL/Illinois Public Media Internal Posting | ||
| C | WILL/Illinois Public Media jobs website page | ||
| D | Illinois Academic Job Listserv | ||
| E | CPB Jobline | 1 | 1 |
| F | News Gazette | ||
| G | HigherEdJobs.com | ||
| L | Current Newspaper and online | 1 | |
| M | Staff referral | 1 | |
| O | National Association of Black Journalists | ||
| P | National Association of Hispanic Journalists | ||
| Word of mouth | 1 |
| Recruitment Sources Used | Referred Person(s) Interviewed | Referred Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | University of Illinois HR Job Board | 2 | 1 |
| B | WILL/Illinois Public Media Internal Posting | ||
| C | WILL/Illinois Public Media jobs website page | ||
| D | Illinois Academic Job Listserv | ||
| E | CPB Jobline | ||
| F | News Gazette | 1 | |
| G | HigherEdJobs.com | ||
| N | AbilityLinks.org | ||
| Q | Minorityjobs.net | ||
| R | Women in Technology | ||
| S | Educause.edu |
| Recruitment Sources Used | Referred Person(s) Interviewed | Referred Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | University of Illinois HR Job Board | ||
| B | WILL/Illinois Public Media Internal Posting | ||
| C | WILL/Illinois Public Media jobs website page | ||
| D | Illinois Academic Job Listserv | ||
| E | CPB Jobline | ||
| F | News Gazette | ||
| G | HigherEdJobs.com | ||
| L | Current Newspaper and online | 1 | |
| M | Staff referral | 1 | 1 |
| N | AbilityLinks.org | ||
| O | National Association of Black Journalists | ||
| P | National Association of Hispanic Journalists | ||
| T | Native American Journalists Association | ||
| U | Asian American Journalists Association | ||
| V | Association for Women in Communications | ||
| W | RTDNA | ||
| X | PMBA | ||
| Y | Email to media contacts and colleagues | 1 |
Section 2. Illinois Public Media Recruitment Sources Contact Information:
A University of Illinois Human Resources
807 S. Wright St.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-244-7854
B WILL/Illinois Public Media – Internal Posting
Dee Breeding, HR Specialist
300 N. Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-7300
C WILL/Illinois Public Media – website jobs page
Jack Brighton, Director of New Media
217-333-7300
D ACJOB Listserv for University of Illinois Academic Professionals
ACJOB-L@LISTSERV.illinois.edu
E CPB Jobline
www.cpb.org/jobline
401 Ninth Street NW
Washington, DC 20004-2129
(202)879-9600
F News Gazette
Jorja Johnson
15 E. Main St.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-351-5329
G HigherEdJobs.com online service with Affirmative Action email listing
Internet Employment Linkage, Inc.
708-848-4351 Ext. 201
H PBS Connect (PBS system online service to stations)
https://secure.connect.pbs.org/
PBS
2100 Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
I Herald & Review
Tricia Benton
601 E. William Street
Decatur, IL 62523
217-429-5151
J Pantagraph
Candi Taylor
301 W. Washington Street
Bloomington, IL 61702
309-829-9000
K Monster.com
Monster Worldwide, Inc.
622 Third Avenue, 39th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-351-7000
L Current Newspaper and Online
Kathleen Unwin
6930 Carroll Ave., Suite 350
Takoma Park, MD, 20912
877-745-8776
M WILL/IPM Staff Referral
Dee Breeding or Craig Cohen
300 N Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-7300
N AbilityLinks.org
Ken Skord
AbilityLinks Program
26W171 Roosevelt Road
Wheaton, IL 60187
630-909-7440
O NABJ (National Association of Black Journalists)
1100 Knight Hall, Suite 3100
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-0248
P NAHJ (National Association of Hispanic Journalists)
Kevin Olivas
1050 Connecticut Avenue NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
202-662-7145
Q MinorityJobs.net
P.O. Box 80287
Phoenix, AZ 85008
(602)267-8111
R Women in Technology www.witi.com
Attn: Henry Fan
Olympic Plaza, 11500 Olympic Blvd., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064
S educause.edu
infoateducausedotedu
282 Century Place, Suite 5000
Louisville, CO 80027
303-449-4430
T NAJA (Native American Journalists Association)
Pamala Silas
University of Oklahoma, Gaylord College
395 W. Lindsey St.
Norman, OK 73019
(405)325-1649
U AAJA (Asian American Journalists Association)
AAJA National Office
5Third Street, Suite 1108
San Francisco, CA 94103
Marcia Santillan (415) 346-2051
V Association for Women in Communications
3337 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703)370-7436
W RTDNA (Radio TV Digital News Association)
Mike Cavender, Executive Director
National Press Building
529 14th Street, NW, Suite 425
Washington, DC 20045
(202) 659-6510
X PMBA, the Public Media Business Association
Online job posting www.pbma.org
1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500
McLean, VA 22102
703-506-3292
Y Email to media contacts and colleagues
Illinois Public Media
Kimberlie Kranich
300 N. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-7300
Section 3. No organizations asked to be notified of vacancies.
Section 4. Supplemental (Non-Vacancy Specific) Outreach/Recruitment Activities Undertaken by WILL/Illinois Public Media during reporting period 8/1/12-7/31/13.
Listing senior management job vacancies with media groups that include women and minorities. Vacancies for senior management positions, including Director of News & Public Affairs and IT Systems Manager, were posted at several job banks in an effort to recruit women and minorities. These sources included Association for Women in Communications, Women in Technology, National Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and Native American Journalists Association. In addition, upper-level positions were posted to Current, the premier trade newspaper for public media. Current reaches a local and national audience of people involved in public television and public radio at many different levels, from station employees and volunteers to state and national policymakers.
Provide training to management level personnel to ensure equal employment opportunity and prevent discrimination. On September 7, 2012, Illinois Public Media managers and supervisors participated in a diversity workshop presented by Kaamilyah Abdullah-Span, Associate Director of the University of Illinois Office of Equal Opportunity and Access. The workshop, Fostering a Culture of Respect: Navigating Workplace Diversity, met objectives of increasing multicultural awareness and inclusion, using an awareness of cultural competence to become a more effective leader, and identifying concepts and examples of harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
Participation in events relating to career opportunities sponsored by educational institutions.
April-May 2013 WILL partnered with the Champaign Unit 4 School District to provide an educational opportunity for all fourth grade classrooms in the District. Students were given a tour of the radio studios, participated in mock interviews in the television studio, and learned how Illinois Public Media (and PBS LearningMedia) use primary source documents in content creation. Through this program, students were given an early introduction to possible career opportunities in media and broadcasting.
Stratton MicroSociety Project: September 2012 – May 2013 Illinois Public Media is helping students and teachers at Stratton Leadership & MicroSociety Magnet School in Champaign to create, maintain and staff their 21st Century Digital Media Center. The elementary school is located in an underserved low-income neighborhood. Their Center allows students to run their own video production studio, anchor newscasts, write and videotape stories, edit video and publish content on their website, strattonsociety.org. Stratton’s 21st Century Digital Media Center is part of their microsociety and is one of 23 businesses, services, centers, organizations or non-profit agencies run by students during the school day. WILL staff created the curriculum for the Center, aligning it with state standards for technology competencies for 3rd through 5th grade students. WILL received a grant from Unit 4 Schools to support the Stratton Digital Media Center for the 2012-2015 school years with a goal of teaching the students and teachers to run the Media Center on their own.
April 10, 2013 Radio Operations and Audio Production Manager Mike Pritchard led a tour of five Parkland College students and the instructor of their Parkland radio production course. The students observed operations and facilities in the radio and television stations and spoke with the FM Host/Announcer.
Internship program designed to develop skills needed for broadcast employment. Director of News and Public Affairs Craig Cohen developed procedures to assist University of Illinois journalism students in producing broadcast-quality news stories. In conjunction with journalism professors, WILL news staff work with students throughout the process of pitching a story idea, conducting interviews, editing and production. WILL makes production facilities available with supervision and provides technical and professional support for these approved student projects, enabling journalism students to develop skills and gain experience in producing news for broadcast.
Another University of Illinois student served as an intern during the academic year in Illinois Public Media’s media project at Stratton Elementary Magnet School in Champaign. This intern learned from IPM Community Engagement Producer Henry Radcliffe and assisted students and teachers at Stratton school in running their TV studio, adding content to their website and creating digital news stories.
Other internship opportunities at WILL included four students from the UI Graduate School of Library and Information Science who worked with Director of New Media Jack Brighton to catalog and digitize WILL’s media assets, developing techniques for metadata creation, content management and preparation of digital audio for online retrieval.
Additionally, two or three work-study students from the University of Illinois are hired annually and trained to handle customer service and provide staff support for various departments at the stations. Through this work, students learn a great deal about different aspects of the broadcasting operation, including radio and television programming, development/fundraising activities, marketing, production, and an overview of the technical areas covered by broadcast engineering and operations. Students are encouraged to participate in station activities and to learn about careers through direct interaction with various broadcast professionals.