Western Courier| November 16th, 2018

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Friday, November 16, 2018 - Vol. 119 Issue 37

AWARD-WINNING STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. SERVING MACOMB SINCE 1905.

Western instructor and news coordinator receives recognition

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By Steven Barnum assistant news editor A news coordinator at Western Illinois University is being recognized for outstanding work in journalism. Jasmine Crighton has always had a passion for journalism. She started writing for her college newspaper as a student, which laid a foundation for her in the news

world. Crighton jumped into the production side of the business following college, where she worked as a production assistant in grad school. She climbed the ladder and worked her way up to assistant director. Her last stop before joining the Macomb community was Steubenville, Ohio, where she was a news producer. Crighton brought her Emmy award-winning talent to Western, where

she has been supervising NEWS3 for the last six years. In addition to supervising, Chrighton is also an instructor in Western’s awardwinning broadcasting and journalism department. Crain’s NewsPro magazine has selected 10 individuals for its “Outstanding Journalism Educators” of 2018. Crighton put a lot of effort into the news program leading up to this recognition. She also wasn’t afraid to mix

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In response to an announced protest by a well known hate group, the Westboro Baptist Church, students and faculty of Western Illinois have planned a counter-protest scheduled this Saturday.   The Westboro Baptist Church is based out of Topeka, Kan., and has gained infamy through their various protests throughout the country. The church is vehemently against homosexuality and the gay rights movements as seen through their website name,

“GodHatesF-gs.com.” Westboro has protested the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks along with the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. in 2012. They have chosen to come to Western to protest Jake Bain, the openly gay defensive-back of the Indiana State Sycamores.  The WIU Rally for Love Facebook page has over 1,400 people interested in going to the counter-protest. The page already has 577 members of the community that have pledged to attend the event.  The protest has nine events planned including five guest

Encouraging students to explore stories that interest the public is a priority for Crighton, but there is much more to the job. She assembled a news production staff from teaching a studio production class, which she created after coming to Western. All of NEWS3’s producers were or are in one of Crighton’s classes.

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Police find two dead bodies

WIU Rally for Love events announced Devon Greene

the routine up; she changed one of the newscast days. Crighton didn’t waste any time-sharing her knowledge on what makes a worthy news story to students in her classes and those looking to work on the NEWS3 team. “When I came to WIU, I asked my students to work news beats, go out into the community, and cover issues important to the area,” Crighton said.

speakers. The event starts at 11 a.m. where Dannie Kyle is scheduled to kick off the event in the southeast section of Q-Lot, closest to the Tanner Hall circle. Following Kyle, indie band Father Talljasper will speak to the crowd before they move inside Tanner Hall. Due to the forecast of 23-degree weather with snow showers, the event will also be moved inside of Tanner Hall.

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By Steven Barnum assistant news editor

The Macomb Police Department is searching for answers in a death investigation.   Macomb Police Officers checked in on a North Edwards St. home Thursday at 9:13 a.m. A postal worker on that route saw cause for concern after noticing the stack of mail that had been accumulating outside of the home. After speaking with the postal worker, the officers entered the home, where they found two individuals who had died from gunshot wounds.

The police department declined further comment on the scene, but a press release revealed that the nature of the scene would prompt an investigation into a potential murder-suicide.  The subjects’ bodies were sent to Springfield, Ill. for an autopsy. Authorities are not releasing the names of the deceased until family members are notified. Illinois State Police, the McDonough County Sheriff’s Office and the Western Illinois University Office of Public Safety aided the Macomb Police Department with the crime scene.


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