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2010 annual report

108 70 43 43 29 34 34 34 35 26 18 18 29 61 104 87 34 62 80 81 18 18 MEDIA OUTLETS 98 59 84 18 24 75 18 18 27 27 18 18 City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets 107 56 81 19 103103 1 50 Amboy 1 Amboy News Epworth, IA 35 KGRR-FM 72 66 55 23 42 58 93 Astoria 2 The Astoria South Fulton Argus Evansville, IN 36 WABX-FM, WIKY-FM, WNIN-FM 100 68 71 41 Atlanta 3 WLCN-FM Farmington, MO 37 KREI-AM, KTJJ-FM 71 40 40 99 Ava 4 WXAN-FM Flora 38 WNOI-FM 30 30 69 111 78 69 91 Beardstown 5 WRMS-FM Franklin 39 Franklin Times 111 79 83 Beecher City 6 Beecher City Journal Galesburg 40 Galesburg Register-Mail, WAIK-AM 11 51 77 11 89 8 8 8888 Benton 7 WQRL-FM Galva 41 WJRE-FM 21 63 17 63 60 Bloomington 8 WBNQ-FM, WJBC-AM Geneseo 42 WGEN-AM 94 63 2 3 94 94 20 16 22 Breese 9 Breese Journal Geneva 43 WSPY-AM, WSPY-FM 94 5 94 110 101 94 Cairo 10 Cairo Citizen Gillespie 44 Gillespie Area News 86 101 52 47 25 25 46 106 Canton 11 WBYS-AM, WCDD-FM Golconda 45 WKYX-FM 47 105 106 44 33 Canton, MO 12 KRRY-FM Greenup 46 Greenup Press 33 96 6 96 Carbondale 13 WSIU-FM Hannibal, MO 47 KGRC-FM, KHMO-AM 32 32 Carmi 14 Carmi Times, WROY-AM, WRUL-FM Henderson, KY 48 WSON-AM 39 38 82 109 102 15 15 97 Centralia 15 Morning Sentinel, WILY-AM, WRXX- Herrin 49 WVZA-FM 102 9 15 97 95 76 FM Herscher 50 Herscher Pilot 76 73 14 65 14 36 Champaign 16 WEFT-FM 28 14 Hoopeston 51 WHPO-FM 90 48 85 85 85 37 74 Chandler, IN 17 WLFW-FM Illiopolis 52 The Sentinel 13 4953 112 112 18 Chicago Defender, La Raza, North Johnston City 54 WDDD-AM, WDDD-FM 4 54 12 7 64 54 Lawndale Community News, WGCI- Joliet 55 Herald News 45 67 102 102 AM, WGCI-FM, WKSC-FM, WLIT-FM, Kankakee 56 WVLI-FM 67 57 WNUA-FM, WZRD-FM Kenosha, WI 57 WIIL-FM, WLIP-AM 57 10 Clinton, IA 19 KMXG-FM Kewanee 58 WKEI-AM Clinton 20 Clinton Journal Lanark 59 Prairie Advocate City Map # Outlets Colchester 21 WMQZ-FM Le Roy 60 WBWN-FM Park Ridge 87 Norridge-Harwood Heights News Danville 22 Commercial-News Lena 61 WQLF-FM Paxton 88 Paxton Daily Record, WPXN-FM Davenport , IA 23 KCQQ-FM Lockport 62 WLRA-FM Pekin 89 Pekin Daily Times De Kalb 24 WDKB-FM Macomb 63 WJEQ-FM, WNLF-FM, WTND-FM Percy 90 County Journal Decatur 25 WSOY-AM, WSOY-FM Marion 64 WGGH-AM Pontiac 91 WTRX-FM Dickeyville, WI 26 WVRE-FM Mascoutah 65 Herald Publications Princeton, KY 92 WAVJ-FM, WPKY-AM Dixon 27 WIXN-AM, WRCV-FM Mendota 66 Mendota Reporter Prophetstown 93 Prophetstown Echo Du Quoin 28 Ashley News Metropolis 67 WMOK-AM, WREZ-FM Quincy 94 WCOY-FM, WLIQ-AM, WQCY-FM, Dubuque, IA 29 KATF-FM, KDTH-AM Moline 68 WFXN-AM WQUB-FM, WTAD-AM, KHQA-TV Dwight 30 The Paper, WJEZ-FM Monmouth 69 WMOI-FM, WRAM-AM Red Bud 95 North County News East Moline 31 KUUL-FM Monroe, WI 70 WEKZ-AM, WEKZ-FM Robinson 96 WTAY-AM, WTYE-FM Edwardsville 32 Edwardsville Intelligencer, WSIE-FM Morris 71 WCSJ-AM, WCSJ-FM Salem 97 WJBD-AM, WJBD-FM Effingham 33 WCRA-AM, WCRC-FM Morrison 72 WZZT-FM Savanna 98 WCCI-FM Elgin 34 Courier News, WEPS-FM, WJKL-FM, Mount Vernon 73 WVSI-FM Seneca 99 WJDK-FM WRMN-AM Murphysboro 74 WTAO-FM Silvis 100 Hola America Newspaper Naperville 75 The Business Ledger Springfield 101 Illinois Times, WQNA-FM Nashville 76 Nashville News, WNSV-FM St. Louis, MO 102 KMOX-AM, WGNU-AM Nauvoo 77 Nauvoo New Independent Sterling 103 WSDR-AM, WSSQ-FM New London, MO 78 KZZK-FM Sycamore 104 WSQR-AM Illinois News Connection produced 133 news stories, Normal 79 WGLT-FM Taylorville 105 The Breeze-Courier which ran approximately 5,000 times on 125 Oak Lawn 80 Al-Offok Al-Arabi Terre Haute, IN 106 WPFR-AM, WPFR-FM stations, 42 print outlets, and 1 television station for a Oak Park 81 WPNA-AM, WVAZ-FM Thomson 107 Carroll County Review total of 168 media outlets in Illinois and border states. Olney 82 WUSI-FM Vernon Hills 108 WNVR-AM Nationally, our stories were picked up by over 555 Onarga 83 The Lone Tree Leader Vincennes, IN 109 WFML-FM Virginia 110 WVIL-FM outlets, and shared on hundreds of websites including Oregon 84 WSEY-FM Watseka 111 WGFA-AM, WGFA-FM our own -- publicnewsservice.org, which generated Owensboro, KY 85 WBKR-FM, WOMI-AM, WSTO-FM Palmyra, MO 86 KICK-FM West Frankfort 112 WFRX-AM, WQUL-FM over 21,000 views, alone. NUMBER OF STORIES | MEDIA OUTLET USAGE* Totals 133 | 4,970

STORY BREAKOUT BudgetBudget Policy Policy & & Priorities Priorities 6 | 704 23 | 965 Campaign Finance Reform/MoneyChildren’s in PoliticsIssues 2 3| 37| 321 ConsumerChildren’s IssuesIssues 1 | 102 10 | 438 Citizenship/RepresentativeCriminal Democracy Justice 1 |2 50 | 232 Early Childhood CivilEducation Rights 1 2 || 78132 ConsumerEducation Issues 2 | 222 15 | 519 2 | 113 Endangered SpeciesCriminal & Wildlife Justice 9 | 1,005 Energy Policy 11 | 417 Energy Policy 8 | 912 We rely on a wider variety Environment 5 | 107 Environment 18 | 2,052 of news sources than ever Global Warming/Air Quality 4 | 94 Environmental Justice 2 | 236 before. Traditional media still Health Issues 26 | 1,058 Housing/HomelessnessHealth Issues 7 | 292 16 | 2,748 provide news and information HumanHunger/Food/Nutrition Rights/Racial Justice 1 |4 122 | 156 for a large majority of our Public Lands/WildernessImmigrant Issues 8 | 179 23 | 2,757 1 | 53 population and social media Rural/FarmingPhilanthropy 16 | 1,947 Public Lands/WildernessSocial Justice 1 | 348 | 218 4 | 192 has transformed our ability Sustainable SeniorAgriculture Issues 6 | 726 3 | 67 to discover new stories and SocialWater Justice 1 | 123 Women’s Issues 4 | 107 interact with our audience. Women’s Issues 2 | 256 Arizona News Connection INCIllinois Market News Share Connection Information News Service North Carolina News Service Follow us on Twitter! Phoenix, AZ 34% Bloomington 40% Columbia 36% Charlotte-Gastonia 31% Tucson, AZ 13% twitter.com/pns_ IL Chicago 14% Fayetteville, AR 1% Chattanooga, TN 8% Additionally, 68 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Decatur 18% Joplin 41% Fayetteville 15% Like us on Facebook! Dubuque, IA 21% Kansas City 20% Greensboro-Winston-Salem 17% Big Sky Connection Evansville, IN Marion-Carbondale, IL 1% Greenville-New Bern 6% facebook.com/ 19% Billings 39% LaSalle-Peru 2% Pittsburg, KS 18% Greenville-Spartanburg, SC 2% publicnewservice Great Falls 23% Marion-Carbondale 36% St. Louis 29% Knoxville, TN 1% Kalispell-Flathead Valley 22% Peoria 4% Additionally, 133 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Myrtle Beach 2% Find us on Google+Additionally, 112and stations outside the major markets aired the stories. 3% Raleigh-Durham, SC 49% other networks! Rockford 1% Rocky Mount-Wilson 28% California News Service St. Louis, MO 7% Wilmington 49% Additionally, 114 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bakersfield 22% Nevada News Service Chico 28% Las Vegas 21% Fresno 5% Reno 27% Los Angeles 20% Additionally, 55 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Merced 19% INC Print IowaOutlets News Service 42 Oregon News Service Modesto 4% Media Total RadioCedar Stations Rapids 32% 125 Bend 57% Monterey-Salinas 19% Outlet TelevisionDes MoinesStations 19% 1 News Connection Boise, ID 3% Oxnard-Ventura 14% 168 Types Dubuque 41% Augusta-Waterville, ME 3% Eugene-Springfield 38% Redding 6% Online — Stories live on 100s of news/bloggers/advocacy sites La Crosse, WI 2% Boston, MA 2% Las Vegas, NV 2% Riverside-San Bernardino 15% LaSalle-Peru, IL 2% Concord (Lakes Region) 32% Medford-Ashland 51% Sacramento 20% Mason City 36% Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction 17% Portland 19% San Diego 21% Quad Cities, IL 36% Lewiston-Auburn, ME 8% Tri-Cities, WA 2% San Francisco 19% Rochester, MN 2% Manchester 51% Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. San Jose 23% Illinois News Connection Public News Service Sioux City 12% Montpelier-Barre St. Johnsbury, VT 3% San Luis Obispo 5% 888.891.9416 • fax 208.247.1830 800.931.9973 Waterloo-Cedar Falls 47% Portland, ME 5% 40Santa Barbara 60 80 [email protected] 39% 100 [email protected] Prairie News Service Additionally, 155 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Portsmouth-Dover 38% Bismark 79% Santa Maria-Lompo 12% www.publicnewsservice.org Additionally, 38 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Rosa 13% Fargo-Moorhead 49% Stockton 5% Grand Forks 45% Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Victor Valley 26% News Connectioin New Mexico News Connection Visalia-Tulare 4% Albuquerque 40% Bowling Green 15% Additionally, 98 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Fe Clarksville, TN 18% 32% Te nnessee News Service Waco, TX Cookeville, TN 2% 3% Bowling Green, KY 5% Evansville, IN 29% Additionally, 45 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Chattanooga 41% Huntington-Ashland, WV 4% Clarksville 18% News Connection News Connection Lexington-Fayette 21% Cookeville 60% Albany-Schenectady-Troy 63% Cheyenne, WY 48% Louisville 22% Jackson, MS 3% Binghamton 37% Colorado Springs 29% Nashville< TN 7% Johnson City-Kingsport 51% Buffalo-Niagara Falls 28% Denver-Boulder 38% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 14% Jonesboro, AR 6% Danbury, CT 8% Fort Collins-Greeley 49% Additionally, 104 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Knoxville 25% Elmira-Corning 9% Pueblo 33% Memphis 29% Hamptons-Riverhead 17% Additionally, 81 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Nashville 21% Ithaca 43% Additionally, 50 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Keystone State News Connection Middlesex-Somerset-Union 12% Allentown-Bethlehem 24% Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 5% Virginia News Connection Commonwealth News Service Morristown, NJ 15% Altoona 20% Baltimore, MD 2% Boston 13% Nassau-Suffolk 32% Atlantic City, NJ 2% Charlottesville 61% Cape Cod 16% New York City 26% Binghamton, NY 9% Frederick, MD 7% Hartford-New Britain, CT 3% Newburgh-Middletown 10% Erie 11% Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC 1% New Bedford-Fall River 20% Olean 37% Harrisburg-Lebanon 41% Harrisonburg-Chambersburg-Waynesborro, MD 1% Portsmouth-Dover, NH 5% Poughkeepsie 16% Johnstown 5% Harrisonburg 60% Providence, RI 7% Rochester 35% Lancaster 39% Johnson City-Kingsport, TN 5% Springfield 35% Stamford-Norwalk, CT 17% Pittsburgh 25% Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 14% Worcester 26% Syracuse 51% Reading 25% Richmond 28% Additionally, 27 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg 26% Utica-Rome 23% Roanoke-Lynchburn 27% Trenton, NJ 9% Watertown 9% Additionally, 78 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Wheeling, WV 2% Additionally, 70 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. News Service Wilkes Barre-Scranton 27% Bridgeport News Service 9% Williamsport 19% Danbury 19% Wilmington, DE 13% Seattle-Tacoma 11% Hamptons-Riverhead, NY Northern Rockies News Services 2% York 27% Spokane 34% Hartford-New Britain 18% Additionally, 62 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bend, OR 10% Tri-Cities 36% New Haven 19% Boise 57% Yakima 28% New London 23% Spokane, WA 46% Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Springfield, MA 4% Additionally, 57 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 52 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. West Virginia News Service Beckley 50% News Service Ohio News Connection Charleston 35% Florida News Connection Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston 20% Augusta-Watervile 2% Akron 21% Brunswick, GA 8% Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD 4% Bangor 59% Canton 29% Daytona Beach 19% Huntington-Ashland 54% Portsmouth-Dover 2% Charleston 1% Dothan, AL Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont 36% 4% Additionally, 11 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. 62% Fort Myers-Naples Parkersburg-Marietta 43% 6% Cleveland 29% Pittsburgh, PA 2% Fort Pierce-Vero Beach 14% Columbus 31% Wheeling 42% Fort Walton Beach 12% Dayton 44% Gainsville-Oscala 16% Additionally, 61stations outside the major markets aired the stories. News Connection Huntington-Ashland, WV 5% Jacksonville 30% Lima 47% Battle Creek 53% Lakeland-Winter Haven 24% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 17% Wisconsin News Connection Melbourne-Titusville 31% 22% Toledo 32% Appleton-Oshkosh 30% Miami-Fort Lauderdale Flint 10% 11% Wheeling, WV 36% Dubuque, IA 5% Mobile, AL Grand Rapids 32% 5% Youngstown-Warren 49% Duluth-Superior, MN 24% Orlando Kalamazoo 38% 19% Additionally, 80 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Eau Claire 68% Panama City Muskegon 16% 31% Green Bay 35% Pensacola South Bend, IN 19% 22% La Crosse 42% Sarasota-Bradenton Toledo, OH 2% 31% Madison 29% Sebring Traverse City-Petoskey 45% 10% Milwaukee-Racine 21% Tallahassee Additionally, 140 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. 13% Sheboygan 9% Tampa-St.Petersburg 29% Wausau-Stevens Point 8% The Florida Keys 46% Additionally, 67 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 17% Additionally, 56 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. News Connection News Service Duluth-Superior, MI 57% Casper 97% Fargo-Morehead, ND 51% Greater Dakota News Service Cheyenne 48% Grand Forks, ND 31% Fort Collins-Greeley, CO 2% La Crosse, WI 3% La Crosse, WI 5% Rapid City, SD 34% Rapid City 69% Mankato-New Ulm 29% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 157 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Mason City, IA 21% Minneapolis-St. Paul 22% Rochester 24% St. Cloud 31% Additionally, 182 stations outside the major markets aired the stories.

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