![](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2f65479/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x4000+726+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdd%2F65%2F4dbf63f44d408e0e8e3b6d07bad5%2Fjenna-dooley-staff-photo.jpg)
Jenna Dooley
News DirectorJenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" fromthe Illinois Associated Press andrecipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.
-
14th Congressional District candidate Jim Oberweis has filed a Notice of Contest with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.The Republican…
-
Rock Valley College is asking for the community's help with campus cleanup efforts. Monday's storm has been classified as an EF1 tornado. Campus officials…
-
Former Daily Chronicle Editor Barry Schrader has died.The newspaper reports Schrader died Tuesday at the age of 79 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.A…
-
We conclude our “Hot Seat” series with the mayor of an Illinois city among the hardest hit economically by the pandemic. Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin…
-
State and local leaders are making decisions every day about the COVID-19 pandemic that are met with praise and criticism. In this segment of "The Hot…
-
Dixon’s imprisoned former comptroller is requesting an early release due to the threat of coronavirus.Rita Crundwell is currently serving a nearly 20-year…
-
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is responding to a lawsuit filed against him by a Stephenson County church.The lawsuit was filed by Pastor Stephen Cassell…
-
In Illinois, the pandemic means remote learning for college students. At retirement communities, it’s been weeks of strict social distancing. One Illinois…
-
Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says there continues to be a disconnect between Washington D.C. and Illinois on the availability of COVID-19 test…
-
The Illinois Auditor General's office released the most recent compliance report for several Illinois public universities, including Northern Illinois…