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Media News, Midwest

Freelancing during the pandemic: Journalists chase assignments, security as more of them exit the industry

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • December 16, 2021

After covering the Jussie Smollett case for nearly two years for The New York Times, I had to turn.

Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

Foley Foundation creates safety modules for journalism professors to help students covering pandemic, protests

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • September 1, 2020

Four years after creating safety modules for journalism graduate students, Thomas Durkin, education program director at the James W..

Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

Reporters press for sick leave, protective gear during pandemic

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • April 6, 2020

A Chicago Tribune reporter who is sick at home with Covid-19 symptoms said the newspaper is trying to make.

Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

As community papers struggle, one island news outlet thrives by sticking to shoe-leather tactics

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • October 8, 2019

It’s almost hard to imagine. An island community of 13,000 in the Canadian waters of Lake Huron still supports.

Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

Mental hazards of reporting not just a danger for war correspondents

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • August 17, 2019

After covering shootings several days in a row, Chicago freelancer Evan Moore had to report from a press conference.

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