Full Text of HR0409 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, A significant milestone is being reached in 2011 | 3 | | as "Illinois Lawmakers", the State's longest-running public | 4 | | affairs television program, enters its second quarter century; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, "Illinois Lawmakers" developed a widely respected | 7 | | reputation for its even-handed approach to interviews, it's | 8 | | reportage of complex State issues, and live coverage of | 9 | | gubernatorial budget and State of the State addresses; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, "Illinois Lawmakers" became a unique venture for | 11 | | the State's 11 public television stations which forged the | 12 | | programming idea shortly after acquiring a mobile satellite | 13 | | truck and bringing it to Springfield; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Top billing for organizing the venture is properly | 15 | | given to veteran Executive Producer Marty McLaughlin of | 16 | | WTTW-TV, who used his years of media experience and political | 17 | | savvy to launch "Illinois Lawmakers"; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Credit must be given to award-winning | 19 | | broadcasters Bruce DuMont and Jak Tichenor, who served as the | 20 | | program's chief anchors; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bruce DuMont has gone on to create the Museum of | 2 | | Broadcasting; Jak Tichenor was honored in 2006, when he was | 3 | | named a recipient of the prestigious Sturgis Award at | 4 | | SIU-Carbondale; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Sharing the distinction of serving viewers for the | 6 | | full run of the show is Bill Baker of WTVP-TV Peoria, who | 7 | | helped provide the show with its first-class production crew; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Their work was guided by John Eisenhour of WEIU-TV | 10 | | Charleston; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Many veteran journalists, including Mary Frances | 12 | | Fagan, Peggy Boyer-Long, Rich Miller, Bernie Schoenberg, Sean | 13 | | Crawford, and Bill Wheelhouse, all contributed quality | 14 | | reporting to "Illinois Lawmakers"; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, These distinctive broadcasts were recognized by | 16 | | the Association of America's Public Television Stations for | 17 | | innovative public affair programming, a Keystone Program Award | 18 | | from the Central Educational Network, and four regional Emmy | 19 | | nominations; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, This joint effort produced more than 300 | 21 | | broadcasts, which allowed legislators to go beyond sound bites |
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| 1 | | to explain their legislation and express their opinions and | 2 | | views, thereby sharing with voters and taxpayers solid | 3 | | information on how government works; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we thank the entire "Illinois Lawmakers" team and congratulate | 7 | | them for 25 years of broadcasting excellence; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the "Illinois Lawmakers" team as a symbol of our | 10 | | respect and esteem.
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