The two Democrats running for Champaign County Executive in the 2026 primary shared their views on data centers, federal immigration enforcement and much more.

The 2024-25 U of I College of Media Roger Ebert Fellows—Aaron Anastos, Diamond Steward-Hutton and Kennedy Caldwell—reflect on a year of writing, talking, and festivalgoing both at Ebertfest and True/False Film Festival, with Ebert Fellowship advisor/mentor Michael Phillips, the film critic of the Chicago Tribune. Good summer, everyone!

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Chancellor Robert Jones talks about how the university is fighting back as the Trump administration withholds billions in federal funds from higher education. He also addresses why he is leaving for the University of Washigton. Watch our interview May 1, 2025 on WILL-TV. Or listen to the Dialogue show, this Saturday at 11 am on FM 101.1 llinois Soul.

A streetwise gem of 1970s studio filmmaking, director Sidney Lumet's "Dog Day Afternoon" handed newly minted superstar Al Pacino one of his greatest roles: Brooklyn bank robber Sonny, based on a real person and an improbable true-crime story, about a desperate man with a complicated home life and a hostage situation that turns into a media circus.

The 2024 University of Illinois Ebertfellows review the new Bob Marley biopic, Bob Marley: One Love.

Last month, the Virginia Theatre once again hosted Ebertfest, organized by co-founder and now ringleader Chaz Ebert, along with longtime festival director Nate Kohn. Here's a look back, featuring the 2022-2023 U of I College of Media Roger Ebert Fellows: Lee Beckett, Andrew Stover and Tania Trejo. They joined fellowship advisor Michael Philllips, the film critic of the Chicago Tribune, for a conversation about what it meant to convene this gathering of hundreds of film fans in person once again.

The candidates running for mayor of Champaign in the April 4, 2023 election gathered for a one-hour forum.

Not all holiday movies are created equal, certainly not in the eyes of the 2022-23 U of I College of Media Roger Ebert Fellows.

On April 6, 1922, four members of the University of Illinois’s electrical engineering laboratory put WILL-AM on the air. What would follow is a century of service to bring news, music, sports, education, and entertainment to Illinois via AM radio, then FM radio,  then television, and later the internet. On April 6, 2022, the staff of Illinois Public Media staff read a proclamation to WILL’s 100th anniversary.

Illinois Public Media is committed to discussions about decreasing gun violence in Champaign-Urbana.On February 21, 2022, we'll talk with four educators about what students are telling them about the escalating violence and lack of safety.