Sean Crawford
Chatham
Sean has led the NPR Illinois news operations since the fall of 2009. He replaced the only other person to do so in the station's history, Rich Bradley. Prior to taking over the News Department, Sean worked as Statehouse Bureau Chief for NPR Illinois and other Illinois Public Radio stations. He spent more than a dozen years on the capitol beat.
Sean began his broadcasting career at his hometown station in Herrin, Illinois while still in high school. It was there he learned to cover local government, courts and anything else that made the news. He spent time in the Joliet area as News Director and Operations Manager for a radio station and worked for a chain of weekly newspapers for two years. Along with news coverage, he reported heavily on sports and did on-air play by play.
Sean holds a Master's Degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.
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This week, we recap an ongoing NPR Illinois/ProPublica investigation into complaints of sexual harassment on the University of Illinois' flagship campus...
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Governor J.B. Pritzker has called up roughly 200 guard soldiers as near record crests are predicted along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. The...
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Less than two years removed from a state budget impasse, social service agencies are still trying to rebound. That includes mental health providers who...
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GovernmentWe look back at the Rod Blagojevich administration, a decade after the arrest that resulted in his impeachment and removal from office. In Rock Island,...
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Governor Bruce Rauner has made his long awaited announcement that he is seeking re-election.
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The Illinois state pension funds are among the worst-funded in the nation. Yet, a new state law allows less money to be put toward that purpose.
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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been in office a long time. He’s been a House member since the early 70’s and served as Speaker since the...
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High school basketball in Illinois has always been a popular spectator sport. But you might not know that from the recent state tournaments.
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The decline of the monarch butterfly population has led researchers to look for reasons why. A popular theory is the loss of milkweed, the only plant on...
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GovernmentAs Illinois enters its 21st month without a real budget, several questions occupy observers of state government: Is the state Senate's "grand bargain"...