Thursday, April 6, 2017

Loves Park resident receives journalism award

Jeff Burnett of Loves Park recently received an honorable mention at the annual Illinois College Press Association competition.

Burnett is a member of The Journal, a student newspaper at the University of Illinois Springfield. Burnett received the award for his story about the Sangamon County Drug Court, which was published in the fall 2016 Journal magazine, Beyond.

This story appeared in the Rockford Register Star on April 5, 2017.

Read the entire article online.