Brian Sapp
Broadcast Media SpecialistBrian Sapp joined the WSIU News team in January 2025. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University. Brian has worked as a video journalist and producer at WSIL-TV (Carterville, IL), BayNews9 (St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL), and WSBT-TV (South Bend, IN).
Most recently, Brian worked for 14 years in education. He taught audio and video production to middle and high school students at Goshen Community Schools. He worked with his students to learn the basics of newscast production through GTV at Goshen High School.
Brian loves hearing people's stories and helping others learn about the people and culture surrounding them in their community.
You can reach Brian at 618-453-4316 or email him.
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SIU launched their new Saluki Start on Wednesday. The program will provided tuition-free online classes for students at 26 southern Illinois schools.SIU Chancellor Austin lane met virtually with participating schools to sign paperwork launching the program. -
Hundreds of students who play brass instruments attended Brass Day on Wednesday. The event was hosted by SIU's school of music to instruct students and learn about music careers. -
Construction is underway on a 200 million dollar solar project in Jackson County. -
The city of Carbondale opened their newest bike path on Monday with a ribbon cutting for the new Saluki Greenway. The new trail stretches for more than 2 miles west of the city along State Highway 13. -
Juliana Stratton is one of the high profile Illinois democrats to make the leap from her current office to run for the Senator Dick Durbin's seat. She was the first to make her announcement that she would seek the Democratic nomination. -
Veterans Day is a day meant to remember and honor those who served. -
The Northern Lights made a rare appearance across southern Illinois Tuesday night. -
The Illinois State Board of Education is updating their plan to help students across the state to improve their math skills. The ISBE is hosting a listening tour with a stop Thursday afternoon in Carbondale.
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It's A tragic trend. The rate of veterans who die by suicide is over 50% higher than that of the U.S. population. In the latest numbers available, 162 Illinois veterans died by suicide in 2022. -
The Illinois State Board of Education released school report cards at the end of October. Area school districts are looking at the data to understand where students have grown and need to improve.
