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CHC Board Meeting: April 2, 2021
President Madhu Krishnamurthy called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Also present via Zoom: Howard Dubin, Greg Karp, Flynn McRoberts, Robert Elder, Alejandra Cancino, Michael Limon, Maya Dukmasova, Amanda Vinicky, Taylor Moore, Suzanne McBride, Mike Ewing, Susan S. Stevens and Foundation President Molly McDonough and CHCF member Dann Gire. […]
Here are the finalists for the 2020 Peter Lisagor Awards
Here are the finalists for the 2020 Peter Lisagor Awards, representing some of the best journalism made across the Chicago region over the past year.
Journalistic Values
http://www.slideshare.net image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists So, a new study says many Americans don’t support journalistic values. No ______. (Fill in the word.) When do many Americans agree with anything journalists do, especially at a time when studies show they only value their own opinions? They think […]
How We Report on Police: Expert advice and resources for crime and accountability reporting
Last summer, historic protests erupted across the country in response to anti-Black police violence. And in Chicago, official police narratives often conflicted with what actually occurred on the ground. As the national debate about race and policing continues, we asked Lakeidra Chavis of The Trace to lead a conversation examining […]
Defenses Against Plagiarism
iditis.blogspot.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The editor and the publisher of an auto magazine decide to dismiss a long-time writer after discovering unattributed quotes in his articles that appeared to be lifted from other sources, giving the impression the writer had been in Iraq although he […]
Fairness to the Dead
By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Hikers find the body of a 36-year-old man drowned in the Adirondack wilderness. The victim had Huntington’s disease, which also afflicted his mother and two brothers. An Arizona reporter writing about the death discovers that the drowning victim had served eight years in […]
CHC Board Meeting: February 5, 2021
CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUBBoard of Directors meetingFri. Feb. 5, 2021 Vice President Amanda Vinicky called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Also present via Zoom: Howard Dubin, Rob Elder, Greg Karp, Flynn McRoberts, Jason Martin, Alejandra Cancino, Suzanne McBride, Mike Ewing, Maria Zamudio, Ash-har Quraishi, Michael Limon, Nader Issa, Blair […]
CHC Board Meeting: March 5, 2021
CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUBBoard of Directors meetingFri.March 5, 2021 President Madhu Krishnamurthy called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Also present via Zoom: Howard Dubin, Tahman Bradley, Greg Karp, Flynn McRoberts, Ash-har Quaraishi, Jason Martin, Michael Limon, Maya Dukmasova, Christine Wolf, Amanda Vinicky, Maria Zamudio, Taylor Moore, Nader Issa, Blair […]
April Fool Again
http://www.pbs.org image From the files of the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The April 1, 1985 edition of Sports Illustrated magazine carried a story by the late George Plimpton saying that a New York Mets rookie pitcher named Siddhartha (Sidd) Finch could throw a […]