Office for the morning: Urbana Fire Department's Andy Stewart, left, Tristan Thomas, center, and Travis Crow joke around while putting on their splash suits during a #hazmat drill in the @illinoisengineering Sciences Building on the @illinois1867 campus in Urbana. #NGMedia #Chambana #firefighters (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2IwUqzl )

Office for the afternoon: Had a great time working with some of the students from the IPF/ @EIU High School Journalism Workshop while they visited the @news_gazette today. #NGMedia #Chambana @eiu_journalism (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2N245l5 )

Office for the morning: Got to take a peek behind the scenes at METCAD (our local 911 dispatch center) during an assignment... the old equipment looked ancient compared to the high-tech digital system they use today. #NGMedia #chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Kh2p8R )

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Office for the morning: Doing some editing and archiving in the office and keeping an eye on the #WorldCup. (Definitely in that order) #NGMedia #soccer #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2yl6OCC )

Office for the day: It’s a beautiful day to be down at @eiu for the first day of the @ihsa_il Girls Track & Field State Finals. #NGMedia #track #ihsa #running #preps #statetrack #EIU (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2IpJPLu )

Office for the morning: Yellow chair and yellow wall in one of the exam rooms at the new OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois Multi-Specialty Clinic. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2LPFi1Y )

Office for the afternoon: Color and texture in a detail shot of an oil painting by @Kimberly.Rodey that I saw while wandering through the new “Illinois at 200” exhibit that opens next week in the @giertz_gallery at @parkland_college . #NGMedia #chambana #art #oilpainting (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2ya8fDZ )

Office for the day: Spent the day in Charleston to cover the 2A and 3A prelims of the @ihsa_il Boys Track and Field State Finals at @eiu. #NGMedia #track #ihsa #running #trackandfield #preps #statetrack #eiu (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2GOkJAl )

Office for last night: Spent some time on an overpass to make this photo for a story about @ilstatepolice investigating several reports of vehicles having their windows shattered on Interstate 74 between Champaign and Ogden. I called the dispatch center ahead of time to let them know I’d be up there in case anybody called to report me. #Chambana #CUTraffic #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2rjSrI8 )

Office for the morning: Too many to choose from. I’m on my bike riding around to different spots on the @illinoismarathon route. So far I’ve been in a scissor-lift, on top of a fire truck, on my belly in the middle of Neil Street and on top of the M2 Building. Oh, and I’m still fumbling my way along with the @news_gazette Snapchat. I’m going to sleep well tonight. #NGMedia #Chambana #illinoismarathon #ilmarathon #marathon (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2HxrSKG )

Office for the morning: 'I don't even know his name,' said Unity High School Spanish teacher Emily Sanders as she kissed a goat held by sophomore Savannah Hughes in Osborn Gym on Friday in Tolono. The school’s @nationalffa chapter's "Kiss-a-Kid" fundraising event, where the teacher whose classroom raises the most money has to smooch a young goat, brought in $175. Students and staff had other activities during the school's #FFA Week that brought in a total of $500 that will be donated to the Champaign County Humane Society. The kid, a Boer goat born around Christmas, is named Eddie. #NGMedia #goatsofinstagram #goat #goats (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2CFswhN )

Office for the day: Got to watch Champaign firefighters do an ice rescue training exercise at Kaufman Lake. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2CWywH3 )

Office for the day: I had just finished taking pictures of someone recording a video on the stage at @thevirginiatheatre when I spotted this sign... oops. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2JuNKDk )

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Photo: Sunset shadows

Date: 29.09.2011

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Office for the afternoon: @illinichancellor talks with members of @illini4000 after @illinois1867 officials were presented with their own cycling jerseys during an event at the Alma Mater statue in front of Altgeld Hall. The nonprofit organization uses annual cross-country bike rides to raise funds for cancer research and patient support services. This year's ride starts on May 18 in New York City and is scheduled to finish in San Francisco on Aug. 3. #NGMedia #Chambana #UIUC #illini #cycling #bicycling #bicycle #illini4000 (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2wseXnQ )

Office for the morning: @ilstatepolice Trooper Tracy Lillard, left, and Emmerson Hjort of Monticello, call out to motorists during the annual @dunkindonuts Cop on a Rooftop fundraising event for @specialolympicsillinois at the Neil Street location in Champaign. #NGMedia #Chambana #coponarooftop #donuts #lawenforcementtorchrun (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2IUE1t2 )

Office for the afternoon: I found Lady, a Yorkie mix, during a rally for @daniel.biss on the @illinois1867 quad. "Yesterday she was a dog for DACA and today she's a dog for Biss", said her owner, Amy Thoren, pastor and director at the St. Andrew's Lutheran Campus Center. #chambana #NGMedia #dogsfordaniel #dogsfordaca #election2018 (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2nSQPDu )

Office for the afternoon: After covering the Countryside School Color Run today, I’d like to officially propose that all school events include giant clouds of colorful dust. Track meets, musicals, PTA meetings... all of them. #Chambana #NGMedia #colorrun (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2jVeIZz )

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Photo: Sunset shadows

Date: 29.09.2011

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Office for the morning: Got to visit the Central Illinois Mosque & Islamic Center for an assignment. Glad I wore nice socks! #NGMedia #chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2I8aWcY )

Office for the afternoon: The @news_gazette ‘s new summer interns are here and ready to work, but apparently our studio lights aren’t quite ready. #NGMedia #chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2LY9Lff )

Office for the morning: @cityofurbana Police Department Lt. Robert Fitzgerald talks with Jeff Decker, left, and Alexx Heald-Alejo, both of Champaign, as they measure frames to find a good fit on some of the 135 bikes available during the department’s free bicycle giveaway. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2FeSwlq )

Office for the morning: Got to meet @buseycorp Vice Chairman Ed Scharlau (and his amazing market-themed tie) ahead of Busey’s 66th Economic Seminar event tomorrow. #NGMedia #Chambana #markets #banking #banker (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2FYMlC9 )

Office for the night: My boss wants me to take over the @news_gazette Snapchat while I’m “running” in the @illinoismarathon 5K tonight... I don’t get Snapchat and I’m definitely not a runner, so this should be fun? #NGMedia #Chambana #illinoismarathon #5k (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2vS3EoR )

Office for the day: Going through the @news_gazette film archives from 20 years ago when a man bombed my church is harder than I expected... I remember almost nothing from this period of my life. I recognize everything and everyone in every frame, but it feels like something from a movie and not my actual life. #NGMedia #Chambana #film #negatives #archives #archivesofinstagram (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2IlK9ea )

Office for the afternoon: This was my fifth fire in three days. Champaign Fire Department firefighter Alex Kocher sprays dirt and debris off of Fire Captain John Hocking as crews respond to a landscape fire that spread to a house. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Kx5hLP )

Another office for the day: @unit4schools Freshman Kseniya Didenko, 15, wipes away a tear during a student-led rally to protest gun violence Wednesday afternoon in downtown Champaign's One Main Plaza a month after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2pbYVbF )

Office for the day: I love what Trooper Tracy Lillard does with social media for @ispdistrict10, so I had to get a picture of her taking a selfie with former @nba player @c_herren_ after his presentation at @tuscolacusd301 High School. #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Hqa53D )

Office for the afternoon: Brian Spainhour jokes around with his coworkers as he uses his body to roll over the tape seams as @illiniathletics facilities crews prepare the @statefarmcenter floor for the @ihsa_il state wrestling tournament on the @illinois1867 campus. #Chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Hh56mc )

Office/fun fact for the morning: I’m terrified of horses, but I’m glad I got a selfie with Dakota during an assignment out at Healing Horse Stables... also glad I made it out alive. #NGMedia #chambana #horses #horsesofinstagram #therapyhorse (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2q38OZN )

Office for the day: Visiting old @eiu_journalism friends while helping judge the photo category of the @ihsa_il State High School Journalism Finals down at @eiu . Blown away at the talent that some of these high school kids have. #NGMedia #journalism #EIU #ihsastate #ihsa (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2r00hHF )

Office for the morning: Canadian National Railway employees and contractors work to upgrade the crossing on Curtis Road in Savoy. The work is expected to be completed by Friday afternoon. #NGMedia #Chambana #CUTraffic #railroad (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2JEaroe )

Office for the morning: Students from @unit4schools Champaign Central High School hold a banner with the names of the victims from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting as they gather outside of the school during a student walkout. Students around the #Chambana area and across the country participated in #NationalWalkoutDay to protest gun violence one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Fla. #NGMedia #WalkoutWednesday (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2tOQIPt )

Office for the morning: It’s Monday and it’s raining so I went driving around the @illinois1867 campus to look for weather photos. #Chambana #NGMedia #Illini #cILwx #ILwx #wx #weather #rain (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2ECGHKp )

Office for the night: Mark Doerfler, a motor seargent with the Champaign Fire Department, detaches a hose from the engine as crews respond to a fire in the New Century Estates mobile home park on West Windsor Road in Champaign. Friday night's fire was the first official use of Engine 156, which the department put into service last week. #Chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2IwVq86 )

Office for the morning: Got to cover my first #unofficial St. Patrick’s Day. The bars weren’t crazy, so @aldorable_ , @zilisanthony and I wandered around for a while and ended up at a house party... I’ve never felt more old in my life. #uiuc #illini #NGMedia #chambana #oldman (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2CV8pfw )

Office for the day: Qian Cheng, a senior journalism major at @eiu, photographs Kyle Lyons, of @shopgeschenk, Wednesday in St. Joseph. Cheng and a group of @eiu_journalism students spent the day in St. Joseph making portraits that will appear in The Leader on April 12. #NGMedia #journalism #EIUjournalism (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2qbnHJR )

Office for the afternoon: Got to cover @illiniwtennis for the first time. I wish every sports venue had backgrounds as clean as the Atkins Tennis Center. #illini #NGMedia #tennis #chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2FM8s0k )

I got to take a tour of the 1.5 million-square-foot @libmancompany facility in #Arcola last week. It was huge and full of high-tech machines. But some things, like traditional corn brooms, are still made by the expert hands of guys like Roy Gutierrez. #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2HIFdg5 )

Office for the afternoon: Showed up for an assignment in one of the offices at @uiresearchpark and the guys at @airscoutinc asked if I wanted to go out to the airport where they keep their plane. That answer is always ‘yes.’ #NGMedia #chambana #airplane (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2EhKnMJ )

Office for the evening: At the St. Thomas More vs. Mahomet-Seymour soccer match hoping I remember how to shoot sports... it’s been a while! #NGMedia #Chambana #soccer #preps #hssoccer (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2qKKJaI )

Office for the day: 35mph wind gusts are kind of terrifying when you're 75 feet in the air on top of a farmer's grain leg out in the middle of nowhere. #farm #cILwx #ilwx #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2Feslzf )

Office for the morning: Had to go inside for today’s @illinifootball practice... I think this “3-quarterbacks-at-the-same-time” play is really going to keep the other teams on their toes. #NGMedia #Illini (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2GxRHbX )

Office for the morning: Got to watch Jason Bohm spend time with his family right after being sworn in as Champaign County’s newest circuit judge and I really, really hope his family calls themselves the Bohm (pronounced bomb) Squad. #NGMedia #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2FJLoCy )

Office for the night: Got to cover @alfredyankovic performing to a sold-out crowd during a stop on his “Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” at @thevirginiatheatre Friday in Champaign. #NGMedia #Chambana #WeirdAlYankovic #WeirdAl (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2uF2v3u )

Office for the morning: Woke up early to shoot the first day of @illinifootball spring practice at Memorial Stadium. #NGMedia #illini #chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2G3XOCo )

Office for the afternoon: Crews from Stark Excavating work to remove the operator from the cab of an excavator after the machine fell through a pile of debris and tipped over while demolishing the @bnaacc_illinois building on the @illinois1867 campus. The operator was treated and released with no major injuries. #NGMedia #illini #Chambana (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2FHlnzW )

Office for the morning: Spotted this sign in the fire station at Willard Airport while taking photos for a business story. #chambana #NGMedia (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2nGOhJy )

Office for the afternoon: Got to think about all the things I want to try while taking pictures at the brand new @oberweisdairy location in Champaign. #NGMedia #chambana #icecream (via Instagram -- ift.tt/2JEAkVT )