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Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

Exit of Illinois’ longest-serving investigative reporting duo signals end of an era at the Belleville News-Democrat

  • By Ian Karbal
  • July 2, 2019

It was a hell of a way to go out. In their final investigation for the Belleville News-Democrat, one.

Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

Chicago non-profit media outlets are challenging notions of how a newsroom should operate

  • By Ian Karbal
  • May 27, 2019

Jackie Serrato, now a journalist at the Chicago Reporter, a non-profit founded in 1972, entered the industry determined and.

Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

‘Unpacking Segregation’ panelists examine how journalists shape Black Chicago’s narrative

  • By Ian Karbal
  • May 13, 2019

Media coverage of violence on the Chicago’s south and west sides is both a symptom and a factor in.

Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

As history is made in Chicago’s mayoral election, newsrooms struggle for diverse leadership

  • By Ian Karbal
  • April 1, 2019
  • 5 Comments on As history is made in Chicago’s mayoral election, newsrooms struggle for diverse leadership

On election night in late February in the East Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, about 100 supporters and family members.

Media News, Midwest

Artificial Intelligence that can write stories and crunch data is spreading in newsrooms. That’s a good thing for journalists

  • By Ian Karbal
  • March 25, 2019
  • 4 Comments on Artificial Intelligence that can write stories and crunch data is spreading in newsrooms. That’s a good thing for journalists

In 2009, a team of researchers and students at Northwestern University developed software that fully automates the writing of.

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