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Chicago Reader hires social justice reporter

by Reader staff August 4, 2022January 31, 2023

Writer Debbie-Marie Brown hired for this position, made possible in part by grant funding from the Field Foundation.

Posted inReader

Chicago Reader hires first-ever social justice reporting fellow

by Reader staff September 22, 2020August 18, 2021

Adam M. Rhodes fills the yearlong position made possible by grant funding from the Field Foundation.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Going to the source

by Ben Joravsky May 30, 2019August 18, 2021

Seymour Hersh on the challenge of quoting people who have something to say but don’t want to publicly say it

Posted inBlogs

Reader announces Anne Elizabeth Moore as editor in chief, Karen Hawkins as digital managing editor

by Chicago Reader October 1, 2018January 31, 2023

The new publisher of the Reader is Tracy Baim, founder and longtime executive editor of the Windy City Times.

Posted inBlogs

Alec Klein, Northwestern professor accused of sexual misconduct, resigns

by Maya Dukmasova August 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Six months after former students accused him of sexual harassment and bullying, the award-winning journalist, a director at the Medill Justice Project, resigns.

Posted inBlogs

19 more women accuse Northwestern professor Alec Klein of misconduct, group says

by Maya Dukmasova March 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Medill Me Too publishes a new letter with additional claims the group has received about Klein’s behavior since ten women came forward initially.

Posted inBlogs

Northwestern journalism professors respond to sexual misconduct allegations against Alec Klein

by Maya Dukmasova February 12, 2018August 18, 2021

“We hear you. We’re listening,” the faculty wrote to the “Medill Me Too” group.

Posted inBlogs

Alec Klein, accused of sexual misconduct by former Northwestern students, takes leave of absence

by Maya Dukmasova February 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Medill Justice Project director requested a leave after ten women signed letter alleging a history of harassment and inappropriate behavior

Posted inBlogs

Ten women sign letter accusing Northwestern journalism professor Alec Klein of sexual harassment and assault [UPDATED]

by Maya Dukmasova February 7, 2018August 18, 2021

Former students and employees who worked with Klein on the Medill Justice Project come forward with allegations stretching back a decade

Posted inBlogs

The new VICE Guide to Chicago is basic as hell

by Jake Malooley February 4, 2016August 18, 2021

VICE‘s rundown of Chicago restaurants, bars, and shops is a DON’T.

Posted inBlogs

The innocence crowd and the guilt crowd argue over David Protess’s old cases

by Michael Miner November 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Debating innocence and guilt in Chicago and Paris, Illinois

Posted inBlogs

Anita Alvarez wants to take a third look at Anthony Porter

by Michael Miner October 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Was Anthony Porter guilty all along? Anita Alvarez says she’ll look into it.

Posted inBlogs

Who benefits when Medill students intern for nothing?

by Michael Miner October 3, 2013August 19, 2021

ProPublica questions Medill’s intern program.

Posted inBlogs

Is a reality TV show about a small-town paper a peacock-amamy idea?

by Michael Miner January 23, 2013August 18, 2021

Jim Romenesko is tracking a big story—NBC-TV’s hunt for a small-town newspaper to feature in a new reality series.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The elusive definition of “journalist”

by Michael Miner July 21, 2011August 19, 2021

News used to be dispensed by an identifiable priesthood. Welcome to the reformation.

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