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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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