Sean Crawford
Managing Editor, NPR Illinois/ Community Advisory Board, Ex-OfficioChatham
Sean 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 on the capitol beat.
Sean began his broadcasting career at his hometown station 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 a radio station 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 holds a Master's Degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.
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91Nine The X chart for the Week of August 7-13, 2022.
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Another week brought more scrutiny to social media messages from Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey and his wife, Cindy. Some of what has come to light attacks Islam, LGBTQ rights and more. This follows the candidate doubling down on previous remarks that compared abortion to the Holocaust. Meanwhile, a judge issued a contempt order for another agency in the Pritzker administration. This one is critical of healthcare offered to those incarcerated in state prisons.
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The baby, Corbin Sarsany, is now two months old.
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There is a growing effort to boost the number of electric vehicles on the road. We also visit the Redneck Fishing Tournament, an annual event where an invasive species is the catch of the day. Those stories and more on Statewide.
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Only minor injuries were reported, but the structural integrity of the building and adjacent sites is still unclear.
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The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has been capturing memories of the pandemic with a special oral history project. An event will be Wednesday August 10.
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The event is Friday at Lincoln Memorial Garden.
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91Nine The X chart for the Week of July 31 - August 6, 2022.
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White is the longest serving Illinois Secretary of State. But he decided against running for re-election.
