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Chicago Reader hires first-ever social justice reporting fellow
Adam M. Rhodes fills the yearlong position made possible by grant funding from the Field Foundation.
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Going to the source
Seymour Hersh on the challenge of quoting people who have something to say but don’t want to publicly say it
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Reader announces Anne Elizabeth Moore as editor in chief, Karen Hawkins as digital managing editor
The new publisher of the Reader is Tracy Baim, founder and longtime executive editor of the Windy City Times.
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Alec Klein, Northwestern professor accused of sexual misconduct, resigns
Six months after former students accused him of sexual harassment and bullying, the award-winning journalist, a director at the Medill Justice Project, resigns.
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19 more women accuse Northwestern professor Alec Klein of misconduct, group says
Medill Me Too publishes a new letter with additional claims the group has received about Klein’s behavior since ten women came forward initially.
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Northwestern journalism professors respond to sexual misconduct allegations against Alec Klein
“We hear you. We’re listening,” the faculty wrote to the “Medill Me Too” group.
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Alec Klein, accused of sexual misconduct by former Northwestern students, takes leave of absence
Medill Justice Project director requested a leave after ten women signed letter alleging a history of harassment and inappropriate behavior
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Ten women sign letter accusing Northwestern journalism professor Alec Klein of sexual harassment and assault [UPDATED]
Former students and employees who worked with Klein on the Medill Justice Project come forward with allegations stretching back a decade
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The new VICE Guide to Chicago is basic as hell
VICE‘s rundown of Chicago restaurants, bars, and shops is a DON’T.
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The innocence crowd and the guilt crowd argue over David Protess’s old cases
Debating innocence and guilt in Chicago and Paris, Illinois
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Anita Alvarez wants to take a third look at Anthony Porter
Was Anthony Porter guilty all along? Anita Alvarez says she’ll look into it.
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Who benefits when Medill students intern for nothing?
ProPublica questions Medill’s intern program.
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Is a reality TV show about a small-town paper a peacock-amamy idea?
Jim Romenesko is tracking a big story—NBC-TV’s hunt for a small-town newspaper to feature in a new reality series.
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The elusive definition of “journalist”
News used to be dispensed by an identifiable priesthood. Welcome to the reformation.