UPCOMING EVENTS
Join Capitol News Illinois for exclusive events throughout the year, where you can connect with our leadership and news teams.
Insider Meet & Greet
Thu, May 7 • 5:30-7:30 PM
DH Brown’s (231 E Monroe St, Springfield, IL 62701 | Map)
Join us for a special meet and greet as we bring together stakeholders and community partners for an evening with the Capitol News Illinois team. Connect with our journalists and leadership — including our Statehouse Insider team — to learn more about our work driving trusted, nonpartisan coverage of Illinois government.
Hors d’oeuvres & refreshments will be served. ADA access available. Street parking options.
EVENTS ARCHIVE
CNI’S IMPACT SERIES | APRIL 24, 2025
Local News: Why it’s Important to Southern Illinois | A Capitol News Illinois Impact Series
Thu, April 24 • Doors open at 5 p.m. | Panel begins at 6 p.m.
The Varsity Center (418 S. Illinois Ave. Carbondale, IL)
Representatives from the Illinois Answers Project, ProPublica, Northwestern’s Medill Illinois News Bureau and Capitol News Illinois will join SIUC’s Saluki Local Reporting Lab and the Daily Egyptian for a public panel discussion on the state of rural media.
Guests will enjoy light refreshments, have the opportunity to mingle with reporters and editors from around the region, and provide critical feedback to help shape local reporting. Local media representatives are invited to arrive early for interview opportunities with panelists. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Individuals with disabilities are welcomed; please contact the venue for special accommodations.
CNI’S EVOLUTION & IMPACT | NOV. 19, 2024
Professionals in media and Statehouse journalism discuss Capitol News Illinois’ evolution since 2019 and the impact its reporting and programming has had on state government, Illinois news media, and residents throughout the state. Opening remarks by Jak Tichenor, host of Illinois Lawmakers. Managing Editor and Broadcast Director for CNI, Jennifer Fuller, moderated the panel of speakers including:
- Carol Marin, Journalist
- Rich Miller, Publisher, Capitol Fax
- Bernie Schoenberg, Retired political writer and columnist, State Journal- Register
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit news service operated by the Illinois Press Foundation that provides coverage of state government to newspapers, broadcast outlets and other media throughout Illinois. In its first 5 years, CNI coverage has been published or broadcast well more than 100,000 times in nearly 600 media outlets. CNI is funded with support from the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, by significant gifts from the Illinois Broadcasters Association’s Foundation, ProPublica, and the Southern Illinois Editorial Association, and by individual donors.
