The contrasting national, local and pro-Trump media perspectives of Trump’s rally in southern Illinois
Analysis For the first time in 23 years, southern Illinois was paid a visit by the President of The United……
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When Trump attacks: a surreal moment for American journalists
At a campaign rally in Montana on Oct. 18, U.S. President Donald Trump openly praised a politician who assaulted a……
Illinois’ Public Access Counselor frustratingly slow; AG candidates promise changes
The public ambulance service in the small northwestern Illinois village of Hanover was used to working in private. When Galena……
‘Are you with us or against us?’ A journalist reflects
Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1968, I was working on my hometown newspaper, the Rock Island Argus. Smithsonian……
The Press: Not at war, at work
A century ago, the First Amendment was taking its first, tentative breaths of life. The protection of speech, protest, religion……