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Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion

After storied career at Chicago Sun-Times, Maudlyne Ihejirika is ‘redefining retirement’ 

  • By Zoë Takaki
  • May 25, 2023

When Maudlyne Ihejirika, an award-winning journalist, asked me to meet her at her office recently for our interview, I.

Media News, Midwest

Reporter not required to testify in R. Kelly trial even without federal shield law in place

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • September 22, 2022

Although reporter Jim DeRogatis could have been forced to testify in the recent R. Kelly trial in Chicago, a.

News and Opinion, Opinion

Chicago mayor isn’t wrong about the diversity crisis in city’s newsrooms

  • By Deborah Douglas
  • May 25, 2021

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision to grant one-on-one interviews to journalists of color conjures my own thoughts about the.

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