Do you have trouble accessing or affording reliable internet? We want to hear from you.

By Kelsey Landis

Updated November 10, 2021 11:21 AM

A child plays a computer game in the Fairmont City library on Monday. The library is one of the only places in the small Metro East village that has reliable internet speeds. Eric Schmid St. Louis Public Radio

Do you have problems accessing or affording reliable internet? The BND wants to hear from you for a story on broadband access in southern Illinois. Call 618-239-2101 or email reporter Kelsey Landis at klandis@bnd.com.

This story was originally published November 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM.

Kelsey Landis

Belleville News-Democrat

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Kelsey Landis is an Illinois state affairs and politics reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat. She joined the newsroom in January 2020 after her first stint at the paper from 2016 to 2018. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2010 and earned a master’s from DePaul University in 2014. Landis previously worked at The Alton Telegraph. At the BND, she focuses on informing you about what your lawmakers are doing in Springfield and Washington, D.C., and she works to hold them accountable. Landis has won Illinois Press Association awards for her work, including the Freedom of Information Award.

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