﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IPA HEADLINES</title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><item><title>Changes Coming to Leader Union</title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3193/Changes-Coming-to-Leader-Union.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:31:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>To our dedicated readers, you will notice a change coming to the Vandalia Leader Union starting next week. Your local newspaper will still continue to bring your local news and sports but it will come under a new name, Leader Union News.  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3193/Changes-Coming-to-Leader-Union.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>Herald wins 2 Lisagor Awards</title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3192/Hyde-Park-Herald-wins-2-Lisagor-Awards.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:16:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>Two longtime Hyde Park Herald contributors won Peter Lisagor Awards on Friday, one of the Chicago area's top honors for journalism.  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3192/Hyde-Park-Herald-wins-2-Lisagor-Awards.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>AgriNews helps businesses as farm economy struggles</title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3191/AgriNews-helps-businesses-as-farm-economy-struggles.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>AgriNews has created a Community Marketing Grant program awarding up to $100,000 total in matching advertising credits to assist locally-owned-and-operated farms and ag businesses.  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3191/AgriNews-helps-businesses-as-farm-economy-struggles.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>Change is coming to the Sentinel</title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3190/Change-is-coming-to-the-Sentinel.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 21:08:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>The Sentinel will continue publishing under new leadership starting June 1, 2026. CherryRoad Media will be taking over the publishing of The Sentinel from Wilson Publications.  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3190/Change-is-coming-to-the-Sentinel.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>Chicago Tribune owner Alden in talks to buy Daily Herald</title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3189/Chicago-Tribune-owner-Alden-in-talks-to-buy-Daily-Herald.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:03:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>The Chicago Tribune's parent company is reportedly in talks to purchase Paddock Publication's Daily Herald news outlet.  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3189/Chicago-Tribune-owner-Alden-in-talks-to-buy-Daily-Herald.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>Industry News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>Tribune wins Pulitzer for local reporting</title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3188/Tribune-wins-Pulitzer-for-local-reporting.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:44:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>Coverage of Operation Midway Blitz earns top journalism honor  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3188/Tribune-wins-Pulitzer-for-local-reporting.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>Industry News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>Tribune staff wins Batten Medal for Operation Midway Blitz coverage </title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3187/Tribune-staff-wins-Batten-Medal-for-Operation-Midway-Blitz-coverage.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>The Chicago Tribune won the prestigious Batten Medal for public service Monday for its coverage of Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration's immigration enforcement mission in the Chicago area last fall.  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3187/Tribune-staff-wins-Batten-Medal-for-Operation-Midway-Blitz-coverage.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>Industry News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -  AP says it&amp;#39;ll offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history </title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3172/THE-ASSOCIATED-PRESS-AP-says-itll-offer-buyouts-as-part-of-pivot-away-from-newspaper-focused-history.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>The Associated Press, one of the world's oldest and most influential news organizations, said Monday it is offering buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sustained the company since the mid-1800s.  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3172/THE-ASSOCIATED-PRESS-AP-says-itll-offer-buyouts-as-part-of-pivot-away-from-newspaper-focused-history.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>Turning the Page</title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3171/Turning-the-Page.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:58:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>A note on our move to a digital format  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3171/Turning-the-Page.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>All</category></item><item><title>Cass County Star-Gazette Gets Glow-Up </title><link>https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3170/Cass-County-Star-Gazette-Gets-Glow-Up.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<p>A new, easier to read, more colorful version of the Star- Gazette will be hitting the streets and landing in subscribers' mailboxes soon.  <a href="https://illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3170/Cass-County-Star-Gazette-Gets-Glow-Up.aspx"  target="_blank" title="Read more">Read more</a></p>]]></description><category>Newspaper News</category><category>All</category></item></channel></rss>