e-news for Oct. 19, 2005
Judy Shepard's appearance postponed
Stephen Ebbs picked for project 'Down Under'
New book dispels myth that rock 'n' roll is dead
WSIU's 'InFocus' debuts Friday
Ground broken for campus apartment complex
Art studio walk-through is Friday
WSIU’s 'InFocus' debuts Friday
WSIU-TV presents a fresh look at people, places and events that make our region unique with ‘”InFocus,” a new half-hour series that debuts at 9 p.m., Friday, Oct 21, on WSIU-TV 8/DT 40 and WUSI-TV 16/DT 19.
The magazine-style program will focus on the arts, education, family and community, regional history and cultural identity, and news and public affairs. Episodes will air monthly through January 2006, and then move to weekly broadcasts in February.
The debut episode features three segments. The first segment addresses the Medicare Part D prescription drug program for senior citizens. WSIU Radio’s Jennifer Fuller talks with Gail Johnston, project coordinator for the State Pharmacy Assistance Program at the Egyptian Area Agency on Aging. More information about the Medicare Part D program will be featured in upcoming episodes airing Friday, Nov. 18, and Friday, Dec. 16.
In the second segment, Richard Kuenneke begins a special four-part series of reports about SIUC archeologist Mark J. Wagner’s excavation of the early 19th century military camp Wilkinsonville in rural Pulaski County. Wilkinsonville served as a forward military base to counter the threat of war with France over control of the Mississippi River Valley. During its peak, the settlement held around 1,500 troops, more than half of the American military at the time.
In the third segment, former CNN senior international correspondent Walter C. Rodgers talks with WSIU-TV’s Jak Tichenor about the capture of Baghdad’s Saddam Hussein airport by U.S. troops in 2003. Rodgers, a two-degree SIUC history graduate, talks of his experiences as an embedded reporter, which he documented in his new book, “Sleeping with Custer and the 7th Calvary: An Embedded Reporter in Iraq.”