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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As this J-Corps team of Amina and Hafsa Rahman continue to prepare their reports as community journalists for NPR Illinois, they find current world events are impacting the Muslim community in Springfield. -
Amina and Hafsa Rahman are learning how to be community journalists for NPR Illinois with the guidance of editor Priyanka Deo. The team discusses the coming observance of Ramadan. -
This week, team Rahman shares how interview subjects take repetition to warm up and react to Muslim Matchmaker, the reality dating show mentioned last week. Follow along each Friday through May with this J-Corps Audio Journal.
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This week, team Rahman shares how persistance can warmup intervierw subjects and reactions to a Muslim reality dating show.Follow along each Friday through May with this J-Corps Audio Journal.
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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.
