Leadership
IPF Executive Director & CNI Founding Editor
Jeff RogersJeff has more than 30 years’ experience working for newspapers as a reporter and editor. He was the editor of daily newspapers in northern Illinois ...
Editor-in-Chief
Jerry NowickiJerry began his career in news in 2013 and has covered state government since 2019. He was the editor of the LeRoy Farmer City Press in McLean and DeW...
Director of Audience
K Ellen StackhouseK. Ellen, a digital media and marketing professional, comes to CNI with 20 years of experience working in public and commercial media where she served...
News & Investigative Editor
Gary DotsonGary Dotson was the longtime senior editor and investigative projects editor at the Belleville (IL) News-Democrat and BND.com. During his tenure, the ...
Staff
Staff Reporters
Ben SzalinskiBen joined CNI in November 2024 as a Statehouse reporter covering the General Assembly from Springfield and other events happening around state govern...
Beth HundsdorferBeth has worked in journalism for 25 years, mostly at the Belleville News Democrat. She joined CNI in 2021. Beth has been a past recipient of the Geor...
Brenden MooreBrenden joined CNI in October, 2025 as a Statehouse reporter. Brenden is a 2017 graduate of DePaul University, where he received his bachelor's degree...
Hannah MeiselHannah has been covering Illinois government and politics since 2014, and since then has worked for a variety of outlets from NPR affiliate stations t...
Maggie DoughertyMaggie joined CNI in November, 2025 as a Chicago reporter. Maggie is a 2021 graduate of The College of Wooster, where she received her bachelor's degr...
Molly ParkerMolly joined Capitol News Illinois in July 2023. Most recently, she worked as a reporter for Lee Enterprises, on its Midwest Public Service Journalism...
Peter HancockPeter was one of the founding reporters with Capitol News Illinois. He came to Springfield after many years working in Topeka, Kansas, where he covere...
Web Administrator
JC DartJennifer joined CNI in 2023 with over 20 years of experience in web design, development, analytics, and site administration. She holds a BFA in Fine A...
Videographer & Video Editor
Andrew CampbellAndrew has been working as a photojournalist since 2017. He started at Newschannel 20 in Springfield where he became Chief Photojournalist.
Multimedia Specialist
Pearl FranzPearl joined Capitol News Illinois in September 2025, bringing over a decade of experience in design, photography, and multimedia production. Original...
