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May, 2013
The “I-Word” is becoming an endangered species. This is one creature we don’t want to save.For years, immigrant advocates have been lobbying news organizations to cease using the term, “illegal immigrant.”“Illegal” took a welcome blow last month when the Associated Press announced it was dropping the term from its iconic stylebook. “The AP Stylebook,” a guide for grammar, punctuation and usage,...
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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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November, 2012
Dyryl Burnett takes off his brown fedora hat as he steps in front of the classroom. All 23 of his students are early for class—the first after lunch—and he waits for a moment until chatter softens, music videos are paused and eyes turn toward him. The banter soon follows.“Ooo, Mr. Burnett has his jazz hat today,” one student announces, prompting a chorus of giggles and petitions for him to put it...
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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.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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August, 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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August, 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.Today's show will focus on the 18th annual Black Harvest Film Festival, a month long celebration of films made by the black community, running at the Gene Siskel Film Center.We'll talk...
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July, 2012
Joining us at the shop is Jasondra Johnson and Laura Walls, cast members from the musical: Crowns. Crowns captures the powerful rituals connected to church hats. The show runs at the Goodman Theater through mid August.We also talk to some young web site designers with the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation's summer After School Matters program. They're helping Bert on his new website, and...
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April, 2012
Did you miss Editor and Interim Publisher Kimbriell Kelly on the Barber Shop Show? Listen online. bss 74.mp3Every month, we like to check-in with our favorite Chicago journalists and bloggers for some local news analysis. Joining us this month is Vocalo's Molly Adams.We get their perspectives on the stories of the day. Then, they tell us about developments in local news that they liked, and...
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