Everyone Has a Secret: Local Live(s) + Investigate Midwest / IowaWatch

1807 South Neil Street,Champaign IL 61820

20 April, 2022

Description

live journalism + music + storytelling We all have secrets, whether it's a secret we've never shared or a secret to some kind of success. Join us as local journalists and community members share some of their secrets. Journalists will be sharing the stories behind their reporting, inviting us into a world usually observed from the outside by most of us. Community members will also share true, unvarnished stories from their lives. Add in live music, appetizers and a cash bar and the result will be an entertaining, captivating event filled with new connections and new stories. Join us live in Champaign, Illinois or stream the event virtually. Our live journalism storytellers: Lyle Muller PolitiFact Iowa editor; retired former director, IowaWatch.org Madison McVan Investigative Reporter at Investigate Midwest Dylan Tiger Managing Editor at CU-CitizenAccess Reginald Harwick News & Public Affairs Director for the Illinois Newsroom Live music by Lyle Muller It is $5 to stream the event and $15 to join us in person (includes appetizers and access to cash bar). In-person tickets purchased the day of the event will be $20. Investigate Midwest and Iowa Watch are both nonprofit newsrooms based in the Midwest. Add this to your calendar so you don't forget! More About Local Live(s): This event is part of a national series Back Pocket Media is co-producing with local and state news organizations across the country. Local Live(s) is sponsored by the Meta Journalism Project and is funded in part by the Brown Institute of Media Innovation. This event is sponsored by Lodgic Everyday Community in Champaign and Comelec Internet in Dubuque, Iowa.