
Priyanka Deo
Editor/Anchor/UIS Director of Student MediaA UIS CAP Scholar who captained the tennis team. Priyanka went on to study, live and work abroad in London; Los Angeles; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Mumbai; New Delhi; and now, Springfield, Illinois. Her career path includes media strategy, digital content creation, and public relations.
Priyanka joined NPR Illinois in 2025 as a project editor and anchor.
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Mother and daughter community journalist team, Amina and Hafsa Rahman, have been soliciting input regarding what stories need to be told from the Muslim community. People listening to this J-Corps Audio Journal have asked the Rahmans for more about the project. Editor Priyanka Deo reflects on their progress.
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Press Forward Springfield is awarding its first project grants. NPR Illinois along with the Illinois Times and Capitol News Illinois will each receive funding to report on a different untold story in our community. The three reporting projects will be posted in May.