STEVE WITMER
Witmer joined the News Bureau at Illinois as director in June 2014, following nearly two decades in media relations for two Fortune 500 corporations. Prior to that, he was a reporter and editor for the Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star. He also worked as a reporter for smaller daily newspapers in North Carolina and Ohio.
Witmer earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and a master’s in journalism from the University of Wisconsin.
