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Equity is our race, culture, ethnicity, and identity blog. The blog focuses on coverage important to Illinois and its improvement. Evidence of performance of public policies and their impact will be reported and analyzed. We encourage you to engage in commenting and discussing the coverage of equity and diversity:Maureen Foertsch McKinney and Rachel Otwell curate this blog that will provide follow-up to full-length stories, links to other reports of interest, statistics, and conversations with you about the issues and stories.

Introducing The 'Illinois Issues Initiative' Reporters And Their Beats

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Jamey Dunn-Thomason

Published January 1, 2015 at 12:00 AM CST

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WUIS/Illinois Issues

January marks a new phase in our journalism. Due to the merger between WUIS and Illinois Issues, we now have a number of journalists that enable reporting on a beat model. A beat allows a reporter to learn events and people more thoroughly than general assignment reporting. Each reporter is focusing on key issues in the state. We're calling it the "Illinois Issues Initiative." Here are the beats:

ILLINOIS ECONOMY Bill Wheelhouse

ILLINOIS LEADERSHIP Amanda Vinicky

PAST DUE Government Sustainability Jamey Dunn

STATE OF THE STATE
Government Effectiveness
Brian Mackey

Introducing The 'Illinois Issues Initiative' Reporters And Their Beats

ILLINOIS ECONOMY Bill Wheelhouse

ILLINOIS LEADERSHIP Amanda Vinicky

PAST DUE Government Sustainability Jamey Dunn

CODE SWITCH ILLINOIS Equity & Diversity Maureen Foertsch McKinney

EDUCATION DESK Dusty Rhodes

THE SCENE Arts & Culture Rachel Otwell