Illinois Public Media has received a $25,000 grant from the PNC Foundation in support of our longstanding Book Mentor Project. This is the 18th consecutive year the foundation has funded the local reading program.
Illinois Public Media has combined forces with University Laboratory High School once again to create a four-part series, “Changing the Narrative: Preventing Gun Violence in Champaign-Urbana”. This series is available now as a part of the newly launched Illinois Youth Media Podcast.
Illinois Public Media has been honored with four national awards by the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA, formerly PRNDI) for Illinois Newsroom reporting during 2020.
Illinois Public Media has won three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Illinois Newsroom’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and overall coverage of Illinois people and issues.
Immigrants’ Journeys: Challenges and Opportunities in Champaign-Urbana—the latest public radio documentary to be produced from a long-standing partnership between Illinois Public Media and the University of Illinois Laboratory High School (Uni High)—premieres April 23 on WILL-AM 580.
Illinois Public Media released the following statement on March 27, 2021.
Illinois Public Media is seeking short films from local filmmakers for inclusion in the 2021 PBS Short Film Festival. Submissions are due by February 23.
Illinois Public Media’s curated independent film series Reel Midwest is nominated for “Best Curated Series” in the upcoming 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards.
The 2020 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America Regional Chapter EMMY® Awards awarded the Illinois Country team with outstanding work in “Documentary - Cultural” for the film as a whole and “Musical Composition/Arrangement” for its original song "Backroads."
Illinois Public Media has received four nominations for the 2020 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America Regional Chapter EMMY® Awards.