Kimbriell Kelly
Editor & Interim Publisher
Kimbriell Kelly is the editor and interim publisher at The Chicago Reporter. She joined the Reporter staff in 2004 as a staff writer investigating issues of race and poverty after being awarded the 2004 Robert R. McCormick Tribune Minority Fellow in Urban Journalism. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2007 national Clarion award from the National Association of Women in Communication, the 2007 and 2006 Society of Professional Journalists Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor Award in business reporting and the 2006 Chicago Bar Association's Herman Kogan Print Media Award of Merit in legal affairs reporting. Kelly was also awarded a 2005-06 Racial Justice Fellowship through the Institute for Justice and Journalism and was part of the staff honored with the national 2006 Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award through Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Kelly has discussed her work on CNN en Espanol radio, Chicago Public Radio and her research has appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, the Chicago Defender, Utne magazine and on the local NBC, ABC, WGN affiliates and various radio stations, including the talk show of motivational speaker Les Brown. |
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Rui Kaneya
Managing Editor
Rui Kaneya is managing editor at The Chicago Reporter. Kaneya was a recipient of the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Minority Fellowship in Urban Journalism in 1998 and specializes in reporting on immigration issues. His work has been recognized with numerous awards for his reporting and editing. Among the most recent were the Watchdog Award for Excellence in Public Interest Reporting from the Chicago Headline Club, the Society of Professional Journalists' local chapter, and the Herman Kogan Media Award from The Chicago Bar Association. |
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Christine Wachter
Presentation Editor
After receiving both her master's and bachelor's degrees from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, Christine joined the staff of the Reporter's sister publication, Catalyst Chicago, in 2002. She led the redesign of the website and helped launch Catalyst's new look in March 2004. Christine was named Presentation Editor for both newsmagazines in 2006. She led the redesign of the Reporter, launching its new four-color look in January 2007. Christine was teh recipient of a 2010 Peter Lisagor Award for best graphics, sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club, the Chicago chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Christine is a member of the Society for News Design, and has assisted with the student chapter of SND at Medill. |
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Angela Caputo joined The Chicago Reporter staff to cover housing and criminal justice issues in 2010. Before joining the Reporter, Caputo worked at Progress Illinois, a political news blog, where she was a recipient of the Studs Terkel Award in 2010. Prior to Progress Illinois, she worked for the Sun-Times News Group producing award-winning investigative pieces for the Daily Southtown and Lerner Newspapers. She is the recipient of the Salute to Excellence Award by the National Association of Black Journalists and Peter Lisagor awards for Best In-depth and Best Education reporting. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2004 with a master's degree in journalism. |
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María Inés Zamudio
Reporter
María Inés Zamudio joined The Chicago Reporter staff to cover immigration, labor and health in 2011. Before joining the Reporter, Zamudio spent three years in California working for daily newspapers. She’s a bilingual reporter and blogger with experience producing video and radio stories. She also was part of the Knight Digital Media Foundation’s 2011 Independent Journalist Fellowship and the 2010 Education Writers Association’s Research and Statistics Fellowship. Zamudio graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007. |
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Megan Cottrell
Blogger/Reporter
Megan Cottrell is a blogger/reporter at The Chicago Reporter. She graduated magna cum laude from Central Michigan University in 2004 with dual bachelors degrees in Political Science and Social Science, and with minors in history and child development. In 2010, she won the Best Chicago Blog award from the Chicago Reader and was a 2010 finalist for best blog at the Lisagors. She volunteers at a small independent radio station, teaches dance and directs a weekly program for youth living in public housing. |
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Steven Ross Johnson
Blogger/Reporter
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Yana Kunichoff
Blogger/Reporter
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Micah Maidenberg
Blogger/Reporter
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