This is so quintessentially Meyer. This image has transported me to the mid-1990s and I have just pulled an all-nighter in the basement of Greg Hall

Surveillance video showed a reporter at Marion County Record being read her Miranda rights. I asked Eric Meyer, the paper’s owner about it. “It’s inconceivable of a journalist being read their Miranda rights for doing their job.” 1:35 mark in video 👇 kshb.com/news/local-new…

A warm welcome to our College of Media freshmen and transfer students! We're excited to start Fall 2023 with you! Check out photos from Meet Media: flic.kr/s/aHBqjARxS8

Our heartfelt condolences to our friend and colleague Eric Meyer. May Joan, his mother, rest in peace. Media at Illinois University of Illinois

JUST IN: I’ve obtained video of the police raid from inside Joan Meyer’s home, co-publisher of Marion County Record. Meyer is visibly upset with police and is using a walker as she yells, “this is my home.” KSHB 41 News kshb.com/news/local-new…

An update from Marion County Record Marion County Record publisher- and former Media at Illinois journalism prof- on the unprecedented raid on his KS newspaper will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story…

NEW: Steve Leben, former judge, calls Chief Gideon Cody’s affidavits “weak.” BUT, GET THIS: Leben points out the Marion police chief never disclosed the dispute he had with the paper when seeking the warrant to raid the newsroom. KSHB 41 News kshb.com/news/local-new…

Interview with retired University of Illinois Media at Illinois journalism professor Eric Meyer, owner/editor of the Marion County Record, via Illinois Public Media & The 21st Show

We agree!

🚨New: Meta rejects its Oversight Board’s recommendation to suspend the account of former Cambodian PM Hun Sen after he used his accounts to incite violence. Once again Facebook renders its Oversight Board meaningless as the recommendation was non-binding thehill.com/policy/technol…

Daring, important and all-too-appropriate coverage of the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shooting by the indomitable staff of the The Daily Tar Heel (via The Tennessee Holler Caitlyn Yaede (she/her))

💥Nice work from our alum & friend ⁦Eli Murray⁩ & his ⁦The New York Times⁩ colleagues. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

WATCH: Someone called to buy a year-long subscription to Marion County Record. This has happened a lot since the raid. But, the special request this person made is a first! You 💯 percent want to watch. 👇

Congratulations to our colleague Rachel Kuo!

Just announced: ProPublica is seeking 5 local investigative reporters for 2-year partnerships with our Local Reporting Network. Come work with us! propublica.org/article/propub…

End of a mighty long era.

Mark your calendars!

Join IlliniJournalism for "Media in Sierra Leone: Resilience, Reforms, Results," on Monday at noon in 336 Greg Hall, with Francis Sowa from Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone, and national coordinator of the Media Reform Coordinating Group THE MEDIA REFORM COORDINATING GROUP (MRCG-SL). 📷 ow.ly/q9vq50Q3ArZ

We are so glad to have Dr. Sowa with us!

Congrats to Media Professors Margaret Ng Margaret NG and Harsh Taneja HarshT for receiving a Center for Social & Behavioral Science (CSBS) Small Grant for a research project on "Mapping Global Geographies of Online Consumption." ow.ly/MczE50Q8ycj