Chicago non-profit media outlets are challenging notions of how a newsroom should operate
Jackie Serrato, now a journalist at the Chicago Reporter, a non-profit founded in 1972, entered the industry determined and untrained…….
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New statehouse bureau aims to fill gap in coverage for Illinois newspapers
Like many statehouse press corps, the one in Illinois is a fraction of what it used to be. Since the……
‘Unpacking Segregation’ panelists examine how journalists shape Black Chicago’s narrative
Media coverage of violence on the Chicago’s south and west sides is both a symptom and a factor in Chicago’s……
Two departing Post-Dispatch copy editors bid farewell
Jennie Crabbe and Colleen Schrappen finished their last shifts on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch copy desk on May 1, signing……
How journalists can cover mass shootings with compassion, respect and still ask tough questions
Reporter Megan Jones of the Aurora Beacon-News was one of the first reporters on the scene of a mass shooting……