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 fired the last … [Read more...] about Interim editor and publisher named for The Chicago Reporter
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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 since 1972. Yet that’s exactly what the … [Read more...] about The Chicago Reporter abruptly put ‘on hiatus,’ sparking vigorous protests, calls for re-opening