J-Corps

More than one million visa students are studying at U.S. colleges. A situation different than their domestic peers, as they came for an education but are dealing with political reality.

Amina and Hafsa Rahman completed their project as the first NPR Illinois J-Corps citizen journalists. Before the recognition dinner on June 17, we reviewed the experience with our mother-daughter team.

The conclusion of the series on the central Illinois Muslim community and, in this segment, how current events are concerning.

Part three of a series on Muslims in central Illinois looks at the community's diversity.

Muslim in central Illinois

Springfield: Where the Muslim community feels like home

The J-Corps team shares inteveiw observations from the Muslim community.

Amina Rahman and her daughter, Hafsa, reflect on their experiences with the NPR Illinois J-Corps pilot. Follow along each Friday through May with this J-Corps Audio Journal.

Amina Rahman and her daughter, Hafsa, discuss increaseing uncertainty about travel for the Muslim community and the experiences of immigrants. Follow along each Friday through May with this J-Corps Audio Journal.

Hafsa and Amina Rahman with the latest J -Corps Audio Journal. It's the end of Ramadan, which is a very important part of the holy month, worshiping and getting ready for Eid.

As this J-Corps team of Amina and Hafsa Rahman continue to prepare their reports as community journalists for NPR Illinois, they find current world events are impacting the Muslim community in Springfield.

The J-Corps team reviews research on the Illinois Muslim community. Illinois has the highest per capita population of Muslims in the U.S.

Amina and Hafsa Rahman are learning how to be community journalists for NPR Illinois. The team discusses the start of Ramadan and how people outside the community react.

Amina and Hafsa Rahman are learning how to be community journalists for NPR Illinois with the guidance of editor Priyanka Deo. The team discusses the coming observance of Ramadan.

This week, team Rahman shares how interview subjects take repetition to warm up and react to Muslim Matchmaker, the reality dating show mentioned last week. Follow along each Friday through May with this J-Corps Audio Journal.

This week, team Rahman shares how persistance can warmup intervierw subjects and reactions to a Muslim reality dating show. Follow along each Friday through May with this J-Corps Audio Journal.

This week, team Rahman shares what it is like to secure interviews and shares a couple outtakes.

Mother and daughter community journalist team, Amina and Hafsa Rahman, have been soliciting input regarding what stories need to be told from the Muslim community. People listening to this J-Corps Audio Journal have asked the Rahmans for more about the project. Editor Priyanka Deo reflects on their progress.

This week, Amina and Hafsa envision what their J-Corps reporting series will encompass.

Press Forward Springfield is awarding its first project grants. NPR Illinois along with the Illinois Times and Capitol News Illinois will each receive funding to report on a different untold story in our community. The three reporting projects will be posted in May.