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Illinois
Newsletter
March 19, 2009
Nursing
home abuses detailed in Illinois-based story
An AP
investigation based in
Illinois
documents a dangerous trend: States are housing young,
mentally ill and sometimes violent adults in nursing homes
alongside
America
’s frail elderly.
A
package that includes a print story and photo, video,
graphic and dataset for members use moves in advance today
for use beginning Monday (3/23). The digest line:
CHICAGO
- Around the country, more
and more mentally ill people are being put in nursing homes
alongside older, frailer patients - sometimes with tragic
results. In
Chicago
, a 77-year-old man with Alzheimer's was beaten to death
with a clock radio, allegedly by his roommate, who is
mentally ill and nearly 30 years his junior. Slug: Mentally
Ill-Nursing Homes, moving March 19 for Monday, March 23.
The investigation was led by
Chicago
bureau reporter Carla K. Johnson (pictured), who has covered health and medical
issues for members in Illinois and beyond for the last four
years.
AP this
week added AP Medical Writer to Johnson’s byline,
recognizing her insightful beat coverage in this area of top
reader interest.
For more information: Illinois News Editor Niki
Dizon or the
Chicago
desk (312) 920-3624.
 Watching the economy
For your readers
Every
newspaper now has free access to daily infographics from AP
that track and analyze Wall Street for regular readers.
The
Pantagraph in
Bloomington
uses this material to anchor the bottom of the daily
business page, and to give readers an easy way to track the
markets online.
The
business front (right and in attached pdf) uses the Today
module from AP’s Money and Markets service. It’s quick
to download, attractive, and gives readers an advance look
at that day’s financial news.
Inside, the Centerpiece module from Money and Markets
provides a graphic focus for the paper’s short list of
carefully chosen stocks.
For more information www.ap.org/markets
Or contact Illinois Bureau Chief George
Garties.
Economy continued … online
For its Web audience, The
Pantagraph complements its local coverage with constantly
updated market information, using the online elements of
AP’s Money and Markets service.
Pantgraph.com
uses a module that tracks the market throughout the day and
offers readers a stock lookup function that provides prices
and a wealth of information about the company.
You’ll
find the module in the middle of the money page: www.pantagraph.com/money/
For
more information see the AP
website, or contact Illinois Bureau Chief George
Garties.
For
your weekend papers
SPRINGFIELD
— If Gov. Pat Quinn wants
to raise income taxes, he must convince skeptics that it's
the only remaining solution to the state's budget problems
— and that means demonstrating that he's getting spending
under control. Illinois Budget-Cuts by Christopher Wills,
for use starting Saturday.
CHICAGO
— Rebecca Brown could
bring home a couple thousand dollars in a good week when she
worked for a national restaurant chain. As a dancer at
Chicago
's Pink Monkey gentleman's club, she can make almost that
much in one night. The 29-year-old is among a growing number
of women across the country who, faced with a tough job
market and bills to pay, have left their day jobs to work in
adult entertainment. Meltdown-Adult Entertainment by Karen
Hawkins, for use beginning Monday.
For details, watch for the
state enterprise digest, which is updated Wednesday through
Fridays each week. AP Exchange search slug=”IL Enterprise
Digest”
Questions
about the
Illinois
report: News Editor Niki
Dizon 312.920.3624.
Economy:
a final note
AP consistently
offers stories to help you tell the economy story in human
terms. Two from the wire today:
NEW YORK
— Your teenager has some
new competition for jobs this summer. Namely, an army of
out-of-work Americans numbered at 12.5 million and growing.
To ensure your college-bound kid doesn't stay parked on the
couch come summer, we look at three winning strategies for
landing a job. On the national wire as BC-Summer Jobs-Teens.
NEW YORK
— Many 20-somethings who
were raised to believe they can do anything and be anything
are finding their high expectations dashed as they lose
their first or second jobs because of the recession and face
a difficult time finding a new one. On the business wire as
Lifestyles-Young Unemployed.
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George
Garties, bureau chief ggarties@ap.org
(312) 920-3645
Dave
Zelio
, assistant bureau chief, dzelio@ap.org
(312) 920-3630
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