Annual EEO Public File Report for August 1, 2023 - July 31, 2024
Illinois Public Media WILL-AM, WILL-FM, WILL-TV ANNUAL EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT for
August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024
The purpose of this EEO Public File Report is to comply with Section 73.2080©(6) of the FCC’s 2002
EEO Rule. This Report has been prepared on behalf of the Illinois Public Media Station Employment
Unit that is comprised of the following stations: WILL-AM, WILL-FM and WILL-TV in Urbana, IL. This
report is required to be placed in the public inspection files of this station and posted on our
website. The information in this Report covers the time period beginning August 1, 2023 to and
including July 31, 2024 (the “Applicable Period”).
The FCC’s 2002 EEO Rule requires that this Report contain the following information:
1. A list of all full-time vacancies filled by the Station Employment Unit during the Applicable
period.
2. For each vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to fill the vacancy (including, if
applicable, organizations entitled to notification pursuant to Section 73.2080 ©(1)(ii) of the new
EEO Rule, which should be separately identified), identified by name, address, contact person and
telephone number.
3. The recruitment source that referred the hiree for each full-time vacancy during the Applicable
Period.
4. Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for full-time vacancies during the
Applicable Period and the total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source utilized
in connection with such vacancies.
5. A list and brief description of the supplemental (non-vacancy specific) recruitment initiatives
undertaken pursuant to Section 73.2080©(2) of the FCC rules.
Section 1.
Broadcast Traffic Specialist
26 applicants
7 interviewed
1 hire
Source: U of I Jobs / Public Career Site
Producer / Director
4 applicants
0 interviewed
Search closed with no hire.
Office Support Specialist
19 applicants
3 interviewed
1 hire
Source: U of I Jobs / Public Career Site
Specialty Reporter: General Assignment
2 applicants
2 interviewed
1 hire
Source: U of I Jobs / Public Career Site
Corporate Support Specialist
23 applicants
2 interviewed
1 hire
Source: LinkdIn
Specialty Reporter: Black & Immigrant Communities
6 applicants
3 interviewed
1 hire
Source: U of I Jobs / Public Career Site
Producer / Director
14 applicants
2 interviewed
1 hired
Source: IPM Website / Internal Career Site
Manager of FM – Classical
14 applicants
4 interviews
1 hire
Source: Current / External Job Site
Manager of FM – Illinois Soul
17 applicants
4 interviews
1 hire
Source: IPM Website / Internal Career Site
Section 2.
Full contact information for all recruitment sources used for any vacancies follows in alphabetical
order.
AbilityLinks https://abilitylinks.org
535 Pennsylvania Ave. Suite 100 Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 (630) 733-8822
AAJA (Asian American Journalist Association) www.aaja.org 575
Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)346-6343
ADWEEK
www.adweek.com
261 Madison Ave, 8th Floor New York, NY 10016 (212) 493-4262
Corporate Public Broadcasting (CPB Job line) www.cpb.org/jobline
401 Ninth Street NW Washington, DC 20004-2129 (202)879-9600
Current Online https://jobs.current.org/
Emily Lowrey, Advertising Director 6930 Carroll Ave., Suite 350 Takoma Park, MD, 20912 301-270-
7240
HigherEdJobs.com online Internet Employment Linkage, Inc. 708-848-4351 Ext. 201
billing@higheredjobs.com
Indeed.com
6433 Champaign Grandview Way Austin, TX 78750
LinkedIN www.linkedin.com
NABJ (National Association of Black Journalists)
1100 Knight Hall, Suite 3100 College Park, MD 20742 (301) 405-0248
NAHJ (National Association of Hispanic Journalists)
Kevin Olivas 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20036 202-662-7145
News Gazette
John Grygiel III 15 E. Main St. Champaign, IL 61820 217-351-5329 jgrygiel@news-gazette.com
NAJA (Native American Journalist Association)
https://najanewsroom.com/ University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass
Communication (405) 325-5199
NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) https://nppa.org 120 Hooper Street Athens, GA
30602-3018 Akili Ramsess (706) 542- 506
NLGJA (Association of LGBTQ Journalist) www.nlgja.org
2120 L. Street NW Suite 850 Washington, DC 20037 (202) 588-9888
National Society of Black Engineers https://careers.nsbe.org/jobs/ Shawn Morello 860-532-1892
PMJA (Public Media Journalist Association) www.pmja.org P.O. Box 838 Sturgis, SD 57785 Terry Gildea
terry@pmja.org (605) 490-3033
Society of Environmental Journalists
www.sej.org 1629 K. Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 558-2055
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers https://shpe.org/career-services/
TVNewsCheck https://tvnewscheck.com
24 West Lancaster Ave. Suite 205 Adrmore, PA 19003 (484) 412-8287
University of Illinois Job Board http://jobs.illinois.edu
University of Illinois Human Resources 807 S. Wright St. Champaign, IL 61820 217-244-7854
WILL/Illinois Public Media – website jobs page www.will.illinois.edu/jobs Lillie Duncanson –
Director of Broadcast Operations
300 N. Goodwin Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 217-333-7300
Section 4.
Supplemental (Non-Vacancy Specific) Outreach/Recruitment Activities Undertaken by WILL/Illinois
Public Media during reporting period 8/1/2023 – 7/31/2024
Participation in other activities designed by the station to develop employment opportunities in
broadcasting.
On an on-going basis, the WILL Stations work with teachers at University Laboratory High School in
Urbana, Illinois to develop an oral history curriculum to train students in the basics of audio
production and journalism. Each year, the students produce a documentary that is broadcasts on WILL
Radio and WILL online.
Reginald Hardwick, News and Public Affairs Director, attended many conferences, both in person and
virtually, and connected with many journalists and kept them abreast of any job openings at IPM.
Reginald also worked with members of student journalist associations and invited them into the
station to learn career opportunities at IPM. He conducts these open houses annually with the help
of other station personnel.
Management attends conferences / career fairs both virtually and in person to connect with students
and public media professionals across the system.
Members of the leadership team at Illinois Public Media attend industry functions and use word of
mouth and workshops to recruit diverse professionals to apply for positions.
The News and Public Affairs Department at WILL/IPM offers several experiential opportunities for
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students. For the period, July 2023-July 2024, IPM News
hired 15 students.
The race/ethnic breakdown: (Asians 3, White 6, Latino: 3, African American: 2). The Donald P.
Mullally and Robert Endres Internship winners were 2 African American undergraduate students. The
internships funded the recipient’s work on a daily morning news podcast and a weekday, live talk
show airing in six markets across Illinois.
IPM also offered multiple internship opportunities through the year to students. Staff served as
managers while they engaged in learning through experience for a salary. Interns are provided
training not only in their subject area but also in other departments of the organization to get a
more holistic view of how the organization works.
All search committee members and hiring managers must take Office of Access & Equity’s
Diversity.edu training within three years of serving on a search committee. Some information about
the training/program, it gives an overview of the following:
• Unconscious Bias
• Myths regarding people of color, women, people with disabilities, minorities, sexual orientation,
and gender identities
• Understanding the myth of meritocracy
IHR offers a training series for supervisors and managers:
https://humanresources.illinois.edu/employee-development-and-learning/human-resources/hr-
series.html. One of the recommended courses is Fostering a Culture of Respect III: The Power of
Inclusivity and Cultural Competence.
IHR also requires all employees to take annual diversity training and annual harassment training.
Last year, each member of the leadership team attended RJAA Training - The Racial Justice Allies &
Advocate Training is presented by Diversity & Social Justice Education in conjunction with partners
from across Student and Academic Affairs. In this past year, the entire staff completed the in-
person training. For more information, contact DiversityEd@illinois.edu.
In addition to all of our recruitment efforts, we provide our supervisors with a long list of other
sites which would satisfy EEO Requirements which they are able to use to post their openings.