Two greatly successful news organizations will be under one roof. The Vidette and WGLT will be located together in The Vidette building, located at 500 W. Locust Street, Normal, IL, 61761. The co-location is planned to be completed by the summer of 2023.
The School of Communication’s media outlets of The Vidette, TV-10, WGLT, and WZND have earned many more awards in 2022.
Milner Library has recently expanded The Vidette Digital Archives to include full-text access to the 1980s issues.
Josh Tolentino ’17 finished his first NFL season covering the Philadelphia Eagles for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The news organization and its staff earned first place for overall General Excellence. The awards were declared at the ICPA’s annual conference in Chicago.
On April 27, 2021, the final printed version of The Vidette was produced and distributed.
Normally, Megan Hopper ’02, M.S. ’06, would have turned on the news to get an idea of what was going on in the world before heading to a shift at The Vidette.
Illinois State’s student newspaper has been housed in multiple locations since its start in 1888.
Everything seemed to be trending in a certain direction leading up to November 8, 2016—election night in the United States.
The Vidette will begin the fall 2021 semester headed in a new direction after a reorganization that will better prepare students for the journalism of the future.
