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GLT News Series: The Voices of Poverty in McLean County
Bloomington-Normal is known for its high employment and has a reputation as a well-to-do white-collar community. But there are individuals and families in McLean County whose low-income status forces them to make daily choices between what most would consider necessities. The GLT Newsroom takes an in-depth look at the problem facing McLean County's poor through the series The Voices of Poverty in McLean County. During GLT news updates May 12th through 16th, listen to stories of how these people cope with a variety of issues ranging from transporation, to health care to housing...in their own words.
You can participate in this series. Learn more and submit your question now.
Series Schedule:
Monday May 12--Preview
Tuesday May 13--Food
Wednesday May 14--Transportation
Thursday May 15--Housing
Friday May 16--Health Care
Read the Mid-America Institute on Poverty's 2008 Illinois report
GLT Newsroom takes another Murrow, Illinois AP Awards!
This is GLT's fourth year straight year for recognition from the Radio and Television News Directors Association. The award for Best Newswriting goes to Charlie Schlenker. This marks the seventh regional Edward R. Murrow Award won by GLT News since 2005, six of them by Charlie, who also won NATIONAL Murrows in 2005 and 2006. The regional contest includes entries submitted from four midwestern states--Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. This award is also automatically entered into the national contest with winners to be announced later this spring.
The Illinois Associated Press has honored the WGLT News Department for Journalistic Excellence for the seventh consecutive year. This year no downstate radio station won more awards than GLT. For the third straight year, the only Illinois public radio station to win more acclaim than WGLT in Normal was prestigious Chicago Public Radio WBEZ.
WGLT won five awards in this year’s contest, three first place honors and two second. First place awards are: Best Reporter—Willis Kern, Best Newswriter–Charlie Schlenker, Best Newscast–3:54 P.M. GLT News. Second place awards went to Kern in the Best Newswriter category and to the GLT News team of Kern, Schlenker and Jim Browne for Outstanding News Operation. In the last five years the WGLT News Department has won 27 awards from the Associated Press for Journalistic excellence, and 50 overall awards in the last decade.
Select stories and interviews are archived as mp3s. If you'd like to hear something that's not archived, contact News Director Willis Kern.
Sound paintings of the world around us, intense debate on the heated issues of the day and insights from people ordinary and extraordinary: The GLT News Team brings you award winning coverage in the public radio tradition. Together with NPR, the GLT News Team keeps you current, provides perspective and sparks your interest.
GLT News During Morning Edition
Regional newscasts from GLT newsroom: 6:06, 6:33, 7:06, 7:33, 8:06 and 8:33 AM
Uncommon Knowledge, Monday at 7:37 AM
The Dean of Green, Friday at 8:50 AM
GLT Noon Newscast
NPR news: 12:01 PM, Regional newscast from GLT Newsroom: 12:04 PM
GLT News During All Things Considered
Regional Newscasts from the GLT Newsroom: 3:53, 4:30, 5:04, 5:30 PM
The Dean of Green, Friday at 4:50 PM
In Depth News
Newscasts at 5:49 and 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM include in-depth reports, features and interviews from GLT journalists along with reporters from the Illinois Public Radio Network and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium.
Weekends
GLT also brings you a summary of the weeks local and regional stories plus a preview of upcoming coverage during Weekend Edition Saturday at 7:35 AM and Weekend Edition Sunday at 8:35. Fun and interesting central Illinois goings-on are spotlighted during the GLT Datebook, Saturday at 8:35 AM and Sunday at 7:35 A
Submit your question for Morning Edition at the Garlic Press
Listen for Morning Edition at the Garlic Press in Uptown Normal, May 15, 2008 from 8 to 9 AM. The week of May 12-16, GLT News will be airing the series "The Voices of Poverty in McLean County." This news series will be the topic for "ME@the GP" that morning. News Director Willis Kern will interview longtime community activist Mary Campbell, Professor of Social Work at Illinois State University, and John Burrill, Executive Director of Mid-Central Community Action in Bloomington. You're invited to the Garlic Press and you're invited to submit your question for these guests.
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Student Loans (mp3)
Air Date: 04/28/08
Run time: 5:25
The Credit Crunch in the U-S Economy sparked by the home mortgage meltdown is showing signs of spreading to college students. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more…
Bullying based on sexual orientation (mp3)
Air Date: 04/21/08
Run time: 4:47
There’s been a fair amount of effort to address bullying in Illinois schools in recent years. Districts all have policies on that problem. But, a subset of the issue…harassment of homosexuals has less traction. Even low level disparaging remarks based on sexual orientation can be very damaging, and as WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker reports, it happens at younger ages than you might think… Tuesday evening (April 22nd) there will be a program on the need to combat abuse and bullying of gay and lesbian students in public schools and those perceived as gay and lesbian. That discussion will be 6:30 at Normal Community High School.
Schistosomiasis drug research (mp3)
Air Date: 04/15/08
Run time: 5:20
Research by an Illinois State University Professor is leading science a step closer to a new treatment for a parasitic worm disease affecting millions around the world. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more…
- Listen to Dave Williams talk about how the new anti worm compound works 1:45
- Listen to Dave Williams talk about the chance the worms could learn to live with it 1:04
Foreclosures Soar in McLean County (mp3)
Air Date: 04/03/08
Run time: 5:28
You might think central Illinois would be insulated from direct involvement with the home mortgage crisis. The region is affluent. It’s not a rust belt city. Property values have not inflated at the rate found in some bubble cities.
But, even in McLean County, WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker reports there has been an estimated 176-million-dollars in home foreclosures in the last three years…. WGLT Student Researcher Matt Jacobs Contributed to this report.
Supreme Court Jury Selection Ruling (mp3)
Air Date: 03/31/08
Run time: 5:28
The Supreme Court recently ruled a Louisiana prosecutor was improper in picking an all-white jury for a murder trial involving a black defendant. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker talks with a noted court watcher to parse the effect of that ruling…
- Listen to Professor Bob Bradley talk more on how the decision affects lower courts 2:26
- Listen to Professor Bob Bradley talk about race in jury selection :51
- Listen to Professor Bob Bradlley talk about how this case reflects court dynamics :49
All About Normal: Civic Engagement (mp3)
Air Date: 03/28/08
Run time: 4:10
After years of apathy, younger voters are participating in caucuses and primaries in larger than usual numbers this year, and that's on the heals of a surge in voters four years ago aged 18-to-29. As WGLT's Jim Browne reports, a group of citizens in McLean County is ahead of the curve when it comes to voter involvement.
- Normal's Fire Chief Jim Watson says All About Normal serves a vital purpose
ISU Business Week Keynote: State Farm's Ed Rust (mp3)
Air Date: 03/26/08
Run time: 30:40
State Farm Insurance chairman and CEO Ed Rust is the keynote speaker for Illinois State University's annual Business Week. His speech is titled "Risky Business: Possibilites, Probables and Unknowns."
Baseball Owner Mike Veeck (mp3)
Air Date: 03/25/08
Run time: 5:10
One of the minor league baseball owners interested in putting a team in Normal is in the twin cities meeting with organizers and looking at a potential stadium site. WGLT's Willis Kern has more with Mike Veeck (pictured, at right, with Normal's City Manager Mark Peterson, left)
- Veeck talks about Wrigley Field naming rights
- Veeck discusses possibly owning the Cubs
Autism in the Workplace (mp3)
Air Date: 03/11/08
Run time: 5:26
The number of people with the disorder known as autism is growing fast in the U-S. And as these children grow up, they often find it tough to get and hold jobs.
WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker reports on a group trying to change that in Bloomington Normal. (E-equals-M-C-squared is bringing consultant James Emmett to Bloomington Normal on Thursday. Emmett helps businesses support people with disabilities.)
Obama Author John Wilson
Air Date: 03/06/08
Run time: 5:54
A Bloomington-Normal native has written a new book about the democratic presidential front-runner, Barack Obama. WGLT's Willis Kern has more with author John Wilson.
- Listen to the author read from the book's introduction
- Wilson talks about Obama and race
Read the first few pages of chapter one from "Barack Obama, This Improbable Quest."
Global Smoking (mp3)
Air Date: 03/05/08
Run time: 5:30
As smoking has lessened in the U-S, tobacco companies are seeking new markets in developing countries. In the second of two reports on attitudes toward smoking, WGLT's Charlie Schlenker talks to an Illinois State University Economics Professor who chronicles the fight against big tobacco in a new book...
GOP + Unions (mp3)
Air Date: 03/04/08
Run time: 4:52
Organized Labor and House Republican Leaders differ widely on many issues. But, they can agree on the need for a capital spending bill to fund infrastructure improvements in the state. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more….
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