Christy Avery

Breaking/trending + Washington IL for @pjstar | Past: @azcentral, @newsandtribune | Forever @idsnews | Here to listen: [email protected]

[Christy Avery @christym_avery]

and a "Journalism Wrapped" to tally it all up at the end

[Christy Avery @christym_avery]

A McDonald's in Peoria received three health violations after a drive-thru customer posted a video of a worker using a nebulizer while bagging orders. My latest for @pjstar: https://t.co/JlOFXxsohZ

[Shawn Reynolds @ShawnReynolds_]

Live look at newsrooms across the country tonight

[Sasha Hupka @SashaHupka]

ELECTION UPDATE: I'm hearing about some really positive things at the polls today.

Parents voting with their children. Democrats and Republicans campaigning outside the polls next to each other, peacefully. DJs playing music.

Just warms my heart a bit on this historic day. ❤️🗳️

[Christy Avery @christym_avery]

The Peoria Zoo underwent a year of transition, from bringing in a new director to building new outdoor enclosures. How it happened:
https://t.co/iaUAZx02tr

[Christy Avery @christym_avery]

It's Election Day, and Illinoisans are coming out in droves to cast their votes. The Journal Star will be posting live updates from polling centers and answering your questions all day. Stay updated here: https://t.co/0sXlRJUbz7

[Wes Huett @WesHuett]

Informative story here from @christym_avery. She spoke with officials all around Peoria about election security. Give it a read.
https://t.co/xnGg7AqgYQ

[Christy Avery @christym_avery]

Charles White is no longer CEO of the Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity, the nonprofit announced Friday.

The reason for White's departure from the role is unknown. The Journal Star will update as necessary.

https://t.co/1jua2J76TL

[Jack Forrest @byjackforrest]

Heavy is the head that wears the (paper) crown.

IU’s own chicken man may not have succeeded in eating 25 fingers, but did he change the culture of the campus? With comedy and Cane’s sauce, he just may have:

https://t.co/EnWIuBlxgp

[Christy Avery @christym_avery]

It's my second day as the Peoria Journal Star's Breaking & Trending News Reporter (and my fifth day in Peoria)! Send local tips, story ideas and your favorite spots in Peoria my way: [email protected]

[Journal Star @pjstar]

The Illinois Lottery is looking for the owner of an unclaimed ticket purchased in Chicago last October. It's among $4.5 million in unclaimed winnings. https://t.co/nvT9ws6Xsv

[Asma Khalid @asmamk]

One of the main reasons I wanted to go to IU as a bright-eyed senior in high school was because of its JOURNALISM school.

The student paper - the IDS -
taught me so much. Am gutted to see it being gutted …

[Alayna Wilkening @AlaynaWilkening]

The IDS is the second-most-awarded print publication in ACP history. Multiple IDS designers have moved on to design for the Washington Post. The paper made $92,546 last year.

Despite this, the Media School is choosing to cut an essential learning lab for designers.

[Marissa Meador @marissa_meador]

“The school announced the plan publicly Tuesday afternoon before consulting with student media leaders or the IU journalism faculty…student staff members, including the designers that work to design a print product each week, were unaware of the change when it was announced.”

[Indiana Daily Student @idsnews]

The IU Media School plans to eliminate the Indiana Daily Student’s weekly print edition beginning this spring, in addition to making a converged IDS, WIUX and IU Student Television operation revenue neutral within three years.
https://t.co/AgwP7dHmhC

[Investigative Reporters & Editors @IRE_NICAR]

I SAID YES!!!!!! 💍🥂🥳🎉 I asked myself if I wanted to subscribe to my local news outlet

[Emily Holshouser @emilyytayylor]

“Nobody is covering this”

Is nobody covering it, or do you not care about local journalists?

My family has been reading the Citizen Times since I was 5 years old. They will stay after every single national reporter leaves. Follow them.

[Mary Claire Molloy @mcmolloy7]

An Indy mental health facility is accused of holding a woman against her will for 6 days.

Paige Dufour, 39, said staff threatened her when she tried to leave & coerced her to strip naked for photos.

Her story in @mirrorindy echoes other allegations:

https://t.co/THEViHZDyz

[Christy Avery @christym_avery]

Some personal news: I'm thrilled to announce I'll be starting a new position next month as a breaking/trending news reporter at the Peoria Journal Star in Peoria, IL! Can't wait to get started exploring more of the Midwest and working with the Journal Star's incredible team 🥳