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May, 2013
The Chicago Reporter’s search for its next editor and publisher is in full swing. A nine-member search committee is interviewing candidates and aims to make a selection by late spring.Reporter María Inés Zamudio is one of 18 journalists nationwide to receive a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. The grant subsidized Zamudio’s reporting trip to Mexico, where she interviewed migrants...
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March, 2013
Incarceration costs in Illinois are through the roof. Our partner NBC5 Investigates took a closer look at the blocks where most inmates hail from. The story was a follow-up to the Reporter's March/April investigation, "Cell Blocks," while details how taxpayers statewide are spending billions to incarcerate Chicagoans who hail from a small fraction of the city’s blocks. View more videos at: http...
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March, 2013
With this issue, The Chicago Reporter kicks off two new features, “#Muckrakers” and “In Focus.” They will showcase investigations, enterprise reporting and photojournalism previously published at www.chicagoreporter.com and on our Chicago Muckrakers blog.Blogger/reporter Megan Cottrell has been named the recipient of a Studs Terkel Community Media Award. The honor, which goes to “...
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January, 2013
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January, 2013
Chicago has undergone many changes in the past four decades. But how far have we come in raising wages and cutting poverty? Have we kept up with essential expenses? Who have been the winners and losers? CLICK TO VIEW LARGER VERSION
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January, 2013
Kimbriell Kelly, publisher of The Chicago Reporter, has left the publication after eight years to join the investigative team at The Washington Post.“I’’m very sad to leave the Reporter, where I started at the ground floor as a [McCormick Tribune] fellow and worked my way all the way up to the top. So it’s a little bittersweet,” she said. Kelly began her new job at the Post’s D.C. office in mid-...
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October, 2012
Catch Editor and Publisher Kimbriell Kelly live at noon today on the Barber Shop Show. Tune in to Vocalo 89.5 or listen online. Have something to add to the discussion? Call in. (888) 635-1112.This week, we're talking with playwright and performer Dael Orlandersmith. In her one-woman show, Black N Blue Boys / Broken Men, she portrays a range of boys and men who have survived...
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September, 2012
Catch Editor and Publisher Kimbriell Kelly live at noon today on the Barber Shop Show. Tune in to Vocalo 89.5 or listen online. Have something to add to the discussion? Call in. (888) 635-1112.This week, we're featuring our own Maria Zamudio, talking about her recent investigation, Dying for Attention, in this month's issue of The Chicago Reporter.Zamudio investigated...
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September, 2012
Catch Editor and Publisher Kimbriell Kelly live at noon today on the Barber Shop Show. Tune in to Vocalo 89.5 or listen online. Have something to add to the discussion? Call in. (888) 635-1112.Every month, we like to check-in with our favorite Chicago journalists and bloggers for some local news analysis.We get their perspectives on the stories of the day. Then, they tell us...
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