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August 20, 2005 - Sean Crawford Wins Award for Radio Journalism on WUIS/WIPA

Sean Crawford, director of network operations at WUIS/WIPA, won a 2nd place award for radio journalism at the annual conference of Capitolbeat, the Association of Captiol Reporters and Editors (ACRE). The award was presented on August 19 in Seattle for excellence in state government reporting.

Crawford was given the award for the Best Single Story category for a report he did titled “The Elusive third Chicagoland Airport.” The piece detailed the efforts to jumpstart an airport project at Peotone in the far southwest suburbs of Chicago. The story aired on WUIS/WIPA and other Illinois Public Radio stations in February of 2005. Crawford was awarded a 2nd place award last year in Beat Reporting from the same national organization.

Crawford has been with WUIS/WIPA since 1994, and holds a bachelor's degree in Communication and a master's degree in Public Affairs Reporting from UIS. With the promotion of Bill Wheelhouse to general manager of WUIS/WIPA, the Center is seeking approval to promote Crawford from his role as statehouse reporter to statehouse bureau chief. Congratulations to Sean for this much deserved national award!