Sean Crawford
Managing Editor, NPR Illinois/ CAB Ex-OfficioSean has led the NPR Illinois news operations since the fall of 2009. He replaced the only other person to do so in the station's history, Rich Bradley.
Prior to taking over the News Department, Sean worked as Statehouse Bureau Chief for NPR Illinois and other Illinois Public Radio stations. He spent more than a dozen years in the statehouse press room, winning numerous awards for his reporting, including a national Capitolbeat honor for coverage of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment and removal from office.
Overall, Sean has logged 40 years in journalism. He began his broadcasting career at his hometown station WJPF in Herrin, Illinois while still in high school. It was there he learned to cover local government, courts and anything else that made the news.
He spent time in the Joliet area as News Director and Operations Manager for radio station WKBM and worked for a chain of weekly newspapers for two years. Along with news coverage, he reported heavily on sports and did on-air play by play.
Sean hosts weekly shows Statewide and State Week, which air across Illinois Public Radio stations. He holds a Master's Degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.
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The event is free but tickets are required. -
The promotion runs for the next 66 days. -
The Springfield Municipal Opera, one of the top theater organizations in the area for decades, has faced a backlash over how sexual harassment allegations made by some volunteers were handled. -
Illinois lawmakers passed a budget and a flurry of other legislation in the final session days. But the Chicago Bears request for help with a new stadium was left on the table. -
As this week was the centennial of Marilyn's birth, we remember the day she came to town as we listen back to a previous conversation with Pat Tieman, who bought the house where the icon stayed. -
The package would create a panel to oversee expansion of the Bank of Springfield Center and construction of a new adjacent hotel. It was touted as a way to bring more conventions and tourists to the downtown. But it received plenty of criticism. -
The Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to end its spring session Sunday. But there are a lot of issues left to consider.
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Mental health courts have expanded in Illinois. There are 31 of them in 25 counties. But a new report finds about two million Illinoisans are left out. -
The boy was a passenger in an SUV that crashed around midnight on U.S. Route 136 under the Interstate 55 overpass.
