UIS Public Affairs Reporting Program

Congratulations to @reginagarciakNO (PAR '13), who won a 2026 Oliver S. Gramling Award, given by @AP to recognize its staff members for excellence. Regina is part of a team honored for its reporting of major developments in Venezuela. Read more: ap.org/media-center/p…

PAR ALUMS: It's newsletter time. Please take a moment to send us an update for the 2026 PAR Alumni Newsletter. Get your update in by Oct. 31 and we'll enter you in a drawing for one of three restaurant gift cards. Submit now: go.uis.edu/PARnewsletter

A few outings for the PAR class over the last couple of weeks. First photo: Some students attended a Local News Summit at UIS, hosted by Press Forward Springfield and PAR. Second photo: We visited the Illinois Supreme Court as part of our unit of court reporting.

Regina Garcia Cano (PAR '13) is a correspondent for The Associated Press in Venezuela. She appears prominently in this FRONTLINE/AP documentary about what comes next for Venezuela after the January capture of the country's leader, Nicolas Maduro. youtube.com/watch?v=2iTMt2…

PAR is hitting the road for a Chicago field trip. We're visiting some newsrooms and attending the FOIA Fest open records conference. We're running a little fundraiser this month to cover student expenses. We appreciate your support of journalism! go.uis.edu/partravel26