Tag: The Chicago Reporter

Interim editor and publisher named for The Chicago Reporter

After a 3-month “hiatus,” the parent organization of The Chicago Reporter, an award-winning journal focusing on race and poverty, announced an interim editor and publisher on Monday [Dec. 14]. He is Glenn Reedus, who has worked in Chicago journalism for years. The Rev. Dr. Waldrina Middleton, Executive Director of the Community Renewal Society, who abruptly…

The Chicago Reporter abruptly put ‘on hiatus,’ sparking vigorous protests, calls for re-opening

The year 2020 — one of massive Black Lives Matter rallies, high fatality rates in black and brown communities from Covid-19 and greater attention to income inequality as many Americans lost lives or livelihoods during the pandemic — seems an odd moment to close The Chicago Reporter, a non-profit covering issues of race and poverty…