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Blogs
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Bleader
May 14, 2018
Lisagor and more, or some stories that other Chicago media types also thought were great
Award-winning work!
By Aimee Levitt
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Archive Dive
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Behind Our Scenes
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News
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Media
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Lisagor Awards
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Chicago Headline Club
,
Michael Miner
,
awards
,
plaques
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 12, 2018
Reader
wins five awards from the Chicago Headline Club
The paper won Peter Lisagor Awards for in-depth, feature, and education reporting, photography, and arts criticism Friday night.
By
Reader
staff
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News
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Media
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Behind Our Scenes
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Chicago Headline Club
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Peter Lisagor
,
journalism
,
Chicago Public Schools
,
Bill Morrison
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 13, 2018
Read the great
Reader
stories nominated for journalism awards Thursday
An examination of police in schools, an investigation of contract selling and a photo of a public housing project poisoned by lead are among the nominees.
By Maya Dukmasova
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News
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Media
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Arts
,
Behind Our Scenes
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Reader
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Chicago Headline Club
,
Richard Driehaus
,
Peter Lisagor
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 27, 2017
Former
Sun-Times
publisher returns to Chicago—to represent Canada
John Cruickshank now serves as Canada's consul general here.
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News
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The Trump Era
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John Cruickshank
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Conrad Black
,
David Radler
,
Justin Trudeau
,
Donald Trump
,
Canada
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Toronto Star
,
Canadian Broadcast Corporation
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Adrian Smith
,
Globe and Mail
,
softwood lumber tariff
,
World Trade Organization
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 16, 2017
The Anne Keegan Award honors a kind of journalism we need more of
The award recognizes "stories of ordinary people" that "give voice to the voiceless" and reflect the "dignity and spirit of the common man."
By Michael Miner
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Media
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News
,
Anne Keegan Award
,
Leonard Aronson
,
Stefano Esposito
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Howard Reich
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Chicago Headline Club
Blogs
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Bleader
May 12, 2016
The Lisagors need rethinking
The Chicago Headline Club's local journalism awards are run by obsolete guidelines.
By Michael Miner
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Media
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News
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Lisagor Awards
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Chicago Headline Club
,
newspaper circulations
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Odette Yousef
,
Flynn McRoberts
,
WBEZ
,
Daily Herald
,
Sue Stevens
,
"Generations at Risk"
,
"
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 9, 2016
Did you write last year about the common man? If so, consider the Anne Keegan Award.
The prize is given annually for journalism "reflecting the dignity and spirit of the common man."
By Michael Miner
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Media
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News
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Anne Keegan
,
Keegan Award
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Chicago Headline Club
,
Len Aronson
,
Maureen O'Donnell
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Chicago Tribune
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 23, 2015
Carol Marin leaves
Sun-Times
for DePaul
The longtime columnist and producer Don Moseley plan to launch a new center for integrity in journalism.
By Michael Miner
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Education
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Media
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News
,
Carol Marin
,
Don Moseley
,
DePaul University
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Jim Kirk
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WTTW
,
WMAQ-TV
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Jerry Springer
,
DePaul Documentary Project
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Chicago Headline Club
Blogs
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Bleader
May 12, 2015
Ethics is rewarded indirectly at the Lisagors
Lisagors drop ethics award but not ethics.
By Michael Miner
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Media
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News
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Chicago Headline Club
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Lisagor Awards
,
journalism ethics
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Society of Professional Journalists
,
Sigma Delta Chi Awards
,
Casey Bukro
,
Len Aronson
,
Anne Keegan Award for Distinguished Journalism
,
Maureen O'Donnell
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Ethics in Journalism Award
,
Tim Novak
,
Chris Fusco
,
Carol Marin
,
David Koschman
,
R.J. Vanecko
,
Steve Mills
,
Chicago Tribune
,
David Ozar
,
Stephen Rynkiewicz
,
Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 19, 2014
The Anne Keegan Award honors writers who give a voice to the voiceless
Anne Keegan Award returns for a fourth year—and the judges are accepting submissions.
By Michael Miner
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Media
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News
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Anne Keegan Award
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Lisagor Awards
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Chicago Headline Club
,
Len Aronson
,
Colleen Mastony
,
Kim Janssen
,
Sharon Cohen
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 4, 2014
The Lisagor Awards make a thrilling comeback
This year's Lisagors received more entries than anticipated.
By Michael Miner
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Media
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News
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Lisagor Awards
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Aimee DeBat
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 20, 2014
The Keegan Award is casting a wider net
The judges behind the local award for giving "voice to the voiceless" will accept online journalism.
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News
,
Anne Keegan Award
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Chicago Headline Club
,
Colleen Mastony
,
Kim Janssen
,
Lisagor Awards
,
Len Aronson
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 15, 2014
Where are the Lisagor entries?
Entries are way down for this year's Lisagor Awards. Should we worry?
By Michael Miner
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Media
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News
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Chicago Headline Club
,
Peter Lisagor Awards
,
Aimee DeBat
,
Sue Stevens
,
BetterBNC
,
SmallTownPapers
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 4, 2012
Chicago journalists are planning a benefit to look out for their own
Journalists practicing solidarity
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Steve Franklin
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Curtis Black
,
Flynn McRoberts
,
Scribe Aid
,
Mary Schmich
,
Eric Zorn
,
Heartland Cafe
,
Community Media Workshop
,
Subcomandante Marcos
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 27, 2012
Tomorrow morning: An opportunity to understand violence in Chicago
Chicago Headline Club is sponsoring a meeting Thursday for journalists who want to understand youth violence better
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Community Media Workshop
,
Children's Hospital
,
Steve Franklin
,
Natalie Moore
,
WBEZ
,
youth violence
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 7, 2012
The first Anne Keegan Award
Colleen Mastony of the Chicago Tribune wins the first Anne Keegan Award for Distinguished Journalism. What about next year?
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News
,
Anne Keegan Award for Distinguished Journalism
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Lisagor Awards
,
Peter Lisagor
,
Leonard Aronson
,
Colleen Mastony
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Sharon Cohen
,
AP
,
Steve Bogira
,
Chicago Reader
,
Maureen O'Donnell
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Katherine Boo
,
Joplin tornado
Columns & Opinion
,
On Media
Sep 8, 2011
On pay walls and other potential signs of life
Reporters in Chicago are too busy getting their mojo back to be bummed about the biz
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Michael Miner on Media
,
Daily Herald
,
paywall
,
Douglas Ray
,
Souix
,
lost mojo
,
journalistic despair
,
Chicago Journalism Town Hall
,
Sun-Times
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Lisagor Awards Dinner
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 8, 2011
Can students be journalists? At Loyola, the answer's yes. And at Medill?
Will the judge who invoked the Illinois shield law to protect Loyola students do the same for Medill's?
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News Bites
,
Circuit Judge Diane Cannon
,
David Protess
,
Alec Klein
,
Medill Innocence Projectl
,
Loyola University
,
Loyola Phoenix
,
State's Attorney Anita Alvarez
,
Susan Stevens
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Anthony McKinney
,
Donald Watkins
,
Student Press Law Center
Blogs
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Bleader
Jun 30, 2011
Headline Club will introduce an Anne Keegan award
Chicago Headline Club is creating an Anne Keegan award
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News Bites
,
Anne Keegan
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Richie Kaczmarek
,
Len Aronson
,
Abdon Pallasch
,
Susan Stevens
Blogs
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Bleader
May 25, 2011
Who wants to know? Oh, just a reporter...
Access to information is difficult in Chicago and Cook County, the Chicago Headline Club reports.
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News Bites
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Chicago
,
Cook County
,
access to information
,
freedom of information
,
McCormick Foundation
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 14, 2011
Ebert, Longworth, Brackett Will Be Honored for Careers
Headline Club honors Ebert, Longworth, Brackett
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News Bites
,
Roger Ebert
,
Richard Longworth
,
Elizabeth Brackett
,
Chicago Headline Club
News & Politics
,
Media
Oct 21, 2010
It Didn't Start With Sam
The story of the Tribune Company's decline is more nuanced than what you read in the
New York Times
.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
Randy Michaels
,
Lee Abrams
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Tribune Company
,
David Carr
,
New York Times
,
Sam Zell
,
Arthur Brisbane
,
Times Mirror
,
Jim Squires
,
Jack Fuller
,
Gerry Kern
,
Chicago Headline Club
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 8, 2010
Rehashing Blago
Chew over the Blagojevich trial Thursday with the reporters who covered it.
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
Politics
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News Bites
,
Clout City
,
Rod Blagojevich
,
Blagojevich trial
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Association of Women Journalists
,
Columbia College
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 29, 2010
July 1: Save the Date and Save a Reporter on the Skids
The Chicago Headline Club is holding a benefit for journalists who want to retool.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News Bites
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Steve Franklin
,
Heartland Cafe
,
Flynn McRoberts
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 24, 2010
Chicago Headline Club Web Site Is Back Up
Down more than a month, the Chicago Headline Club Web site is again up and running, but in a primitive state.
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News Bites
,
Chicago Headline Club
,
Hilary Fosdal
,
Steve Fosdal
,
Jason Jedlinski
,
AxisHost
,
Tina Peters
,
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