News outlets struggle to cover environmental policy that impact communities of color
Residents of two predominantly Latino neighborhoods in Chicago faced years of poor air quality living near a coal-treating plant. But……
Chicago Sun-Times drops its paywall. Will other local newspapers follow?
It was big news in January when nonprofit WBEZ radio in Chicago acquired the Chicago Sun-Times, raising $61 million from……
To paywall or not? Young readers provide the answer
A few years ago, while preparing to teach a copy editing course for the first time, I stumbled across a……
Chicago Tribune creates podcast to lure younger demographic to investigative series marking 40th anniversary of Tylenol murders
Earlier this week, a friend of Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Christy Gutowski was walking past her 22-year-old daughter’s bedroom and……
Southern Illinois media fail to report whole story of Chinese-American professor wrongly targeted by feds
In April 2021, the federal government indicted a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor under the “China Initiative,” alleging two counts……