Susan Stephens

WNIJ News Reporter/Producer

Susan’s parents should have known she’d end up in radio: her favorite toys were tape recorders, cameras, notepads, and books. Many years later, she’s an award-winning reporter at her favorite radio station. Formerly WNIJ’s News Director, she asked to return to the role of full-time reporter/anchor/utility player in 2010 (less paperwork, more reporting!). Her #1 goal is to tell the most compelling stories in the fewest words possible…all the better if a little humor can be thrown into the mix. It should come as no surprise, then, that she can whip up a haiku for any occasion. She also enjoys the Detroit Tigers, learning pioneer skills (Gardening, canning, and the like. Just in case.), traveling with friends, and pretending she’s going to get around to playing her theremin.

sstephens@niu.edu

Illinois could take a 94-billion dollar hit under one plan to reform health care

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Congressman Aaron Schock speaks out against the Affordable Care Act during a stop in Rockford Friday, April 13th.

By Susan Stephens

The debate over health care is picking up steam as we move closer to the fall election. A report by a health care advocacy group says over the next decade, Illinois could lose 94-billion dollars in federal funding for Medicaid, Medicare, and premium tax credits under the most recent Republican budget proposal.

10:05 pm

Thu April 12, 2012

Rockford hospital merger is off

By Susan Stephens

Plans by OSF St. Anthony Medical Center to acquire Rockford Health System have been called off, just days before officials from both sides were to testify at a Federal Trade Commission hearing in Washington, D.C.

1:09 am

Thu April 12, 2012

Ira Glass talks ethics, Mad Men, and his St. Charles visit

By Susan Stephens

“This American Life” creator and host Ira Glass pulls back the curtain on his popular public radio show this Saturday at the Arcada Theater in St. Charles.

11:35 pm

Thu April 5, 2012

Rochelle ethanol plant making its own electricity

By Susan Stephens

An ethanol plant in Rochelle could serve as a model for other manufacturers looking to save big on their electricity bills.

5:19 am

Wed April 4, 2012

The Dodge Dart: Chrysler pushes for perfection from Day One.

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Checking the gaps in the body of Chrysler's new Dodge Dart.

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Chrysler uses 3-D imaging to work out pre-production problems with the Dodge Dart.

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Workers inspect a Dart in the Chrysler Metrology Lab in Belvidere.

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The Dart

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More under-the-hood analysis at Chrysler's Metrology Lab

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The Dart. In red.

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Chrysler brass Meg Novacek and Amin Alidina visit Belvidere

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The door-reliability testing machine

By Susan Stephens

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It’s considered conventional wisdom that you should never buy a car in its first year of production: that gives the automaker time to “work the kinks out.” And that’s the kind of thinking Chrysler officials are working to dispel as they prepare to launch the new Dodge Dart in Belvidere.

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3:04 am

Tue April 17, 2012