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For Immediate Release

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Contact:  Vickie Devenport, WSIU Outreach Coordinator, (618) 453-6148, vickie.devenport@wsiu.org

WSIU Presents Final Community Cinema Film Screening on May 26

Media Advisory - For Tuesday, May 15 - 8:30-10am

Contact: Beth Spezia, WSIU Outreach Coordinator, (618) 453-5595, beth.spezia@wsiu.org

WSIU, Giant City School To Host “Martha Speaks Reading Buddies" Celebration

For Immediate Release
Monday, May 7, 2012

Contact: Greg Petrowich, Executive Director, WSIU Public Broadcasting, (618) 453-6181, greg.petrowich@wsiu.org; Amie Miller, Development Advisor, The Development Exchange, Inc. (DEI), (612) 203-8911, amie0422@comcast.net

WSIU Invited to Co-Produce National Seminar

WSIU Radio's Jennifer Fuller has reports and reactions from Governor Pat Quinn's Budget Address, plus other local stories and regional weather information.

While Illinois veterans are faring better than most others nationwide in terms of finding work, they still face challenges.

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says the average unemployment rate last year for Illinois veterans who served after the 2001 terror attacks was 9.5 percent.  The unemployment rate for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans nationwide was 12.1 percent.