Jerry Nowicki
Bureau Chief for Capitol News IllinoisJerry Nowicki is bureau chief of Capitol News Illinois and has been with the organization since its inception in 2019.
Before joining CNI, Nowicki spent two years on Illinois Senate staff as a legislative aide to state Sen. Steve Landek. Prior to that, he was editor of the LeRoy Farmer City Press, which won the 2015 David B. Kramer Memorial Trophy for Illinois’ best small weekly newspaper.
Complementing his Statehouse and reporting experience, Nowicki has lived in a variety of Illinois communities. He grew up in Evergreen Park, a southwest suburb of Chicago, and has lived for a time in each of New Lenox, Bloomington, Champaign, and LeRoy. He currently resides in Springfield.
He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Illinois State University and obtained his master’s degree in communication from Purdue University in May 2019.
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Deputy accused of Sangamon County woman’s murder had troubling past -
Governor will stop in 4 cities from Peoria to Springfield -
Lawmakers approved a budget and finished their spring session. But they might be coming back sooner than expected. -
Revenue projections have dropped below Pritzker’s proposed spending plan -
Updates to federal law mean deadline for repatriation looms. -
Preserving history, improving imagery and correcting historic wrongs are focus of Statehouse advocacy -
Voters can choose from 10 new designs, 3 old ones -
High court says Cook County’s initial agreement with actor is binding; former state official can sue Sun-Times -
Jerry Nowicki and Jennifer Fuller of Capitol News Illinois discuss how the organization started helping replace the loss of print statehouse reporting and how they have expanded into providing multimedia news coverage to supplement government coverage in Illinois media. -
No ‘slated’ GOP candidates will be kept off ballot after rulings from Supreme Court, elections boardKennedy to remain on Illinois presidential ballot, 2 third-party candidates removed
