State agencies to provide updates on preparations for safe and successful April 8 total solar eclipse in Southern Illinois
What: Representatives from multiple state agencies and Southern Illinois University will provide updates on preparations for the April 8 total solar eclipse in southern Illinois during a news conference at Giant City State Park.
When: 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, 2024
Where: Giant City Lodge
460 Giant City Lodge Road, Makanda
Who: Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois Office of Tourism
Southern Illinois University
Illinois State Police
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Conservation Police
In addition, Blair Allen, executive producer of NASA EDGE, will be available for media interviews. Allen is working on preparations for the eclipse live streams and WSIU broadcast from campus in support of SIU’s NASA grants, SolarSTEAM, and the Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative.
The news conference will be livestreamed online<https://multimedia.illinois.gov/press/press-live.html>. Afterward, video will be available for download through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services’ video files portal<https://cms.illinois.gov/agency/media/video/videos.html>.
Media outlets that can’t attend in person but have eclipse-related questions they’d like to be addressed at the news conference for their news reports can email those questions by 9 a.m. Friday to jayette.bolinski@illinois.gov<mailto:jayette.bolinski@illinois.gov> or melissa.hahn@illinois.gov<mailto:melissa.hahn@illinois.gov>.
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