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November 22, 2005
In This Issue:
- The Most Powerful Voice in America is Coming to Your Home!
- Upcoming Dates of Interest
- HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ICPR
The Most Powerful Voice in America is Coming to Your Home!
TV viewers, reporters, academics, station staff and a few
politicians gathered at the Gene Siskel Film Center to discuss The Most
Powerful Voice in America: How Candidates and Voters Speak to Each
Other Through the Media. Many thanks to all the people who helped make
this event happen, including the speakers and panelists; Newt Minow and
Carol Marin for creating an informative and entertaining keynote
conversation, Thom Clark at the Community Media Workshop for logistics,
Prof. Bobby Calder for his research and the Stuart Family Foundation
and the Joyce Foundation for underwriting some of the costs. The event
was filmed by the Illinois Channel,
and so Chicago area residents can watch the whole thing when CAN TV21
broadcasts the event on Saturday, December 3 at 8 pm. Or, tune in to
CAN TV 19 on Thursday, December 8 at 9 am. You can download the conversation between Caron Marin and Newt Minow here, or read Carol Marin's commentary on broadcaster's role in covering elections.
Upcoming Dates of Interest
A busy couple of weeks ahead
for political observers with candidate filing and the start of the 2006
legislative spring session. The Candidate Filing Period
runs from December 12-19, with a Special Judicial Filing Period January
3-10. New legislation is due to LRB by January 7. Session
starts January 11, with the governor's State of the State on January 18
and ballot certification by the State Board of Elections on January
19. Semi-Annual Reports for the latter half of 2005 are due
January 31. For a full run-down on these dates, see ICPR's blog, The Race is On.
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