The University of Illinois Springfield Public Affairs Reporting program celebrated its 50th anniversary and inducted new members into its Hall of Fame, including Phil Jurik and Christine Tressel. The event featured speeches by prominent figures like Charlie Wheeler and was attended by notable alumni such as Carol Marin. The celebration took place at the University of Illinois at Chicago and continued at Cheezborger. The program was praised for its contributions to Illinois journalism.
Live and in Person with so many other incredible speakers - join us. Chicago details in picture! https://t.co/N2T3aj7EhI
Great to see fellow @UISPAR grads Caroline and Anne at the public affairs reporting program’s 50th anniversary celebration over the weekend https://t.co/X4NdSVxIEL
What a great day. We celebrated the 50th anniversary of PAR and our newest Hall of Famers at a beautiful ceremony this afternoon at the @ulcchicago. We continued the PARty tonight at @Cheezborger. Many more photos to come, but for now here’s Charlie Wheeler and @RayLong. https://t.co/xiWn0VlBsr
The Great Charlie Wheeler, former director of @UISPAR and longtime statehouse reporter, gives rousing speech in support of keeping program strong at 50th anniversary celebration! https://t.co/i0TOSn3QZ3
That is a Hall of Fame lineup of @UISPAR folks (the Illuminati of Illinois Journalism) https://t.co/gUUjPHvoBf
Celebrating @chicagotribune M.E. @pjurik’s induction to prestigious @UISPAR Hall of Fame. https://t.co/TYj7gk8Ssw
PAR-ty! Many more awesome @UISPAR alums not pictured here. Also, notice the picture of 🐐 Chicago political reporter @CarolMarin over my shoulder! #twill https://t.co/1Eck2dgS8X https://t.co/Kxz7HFyQbL
If you can learn to cover the Illinois legislature, you can cover anything—Christine Tressel, new HOF inductee to @UISPAR
@UISPAR HOF inductee Phil Jurik @pjurik @chicagotribune managing editor! Congrats to a great journalist & great guy! https://t.co/yDmtXHrnYF