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CHC Board Meeting: May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020 admin 0

CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUBBoard of Directors meetingFri. May 1, 2020 President Rob Elder called the meeting to order. Also present: Greg Karp, Flynn McRoberts, Amanda Vinicky, Jason Martin, Mike Ewing, Susan S. Stevens, Suzanne McBride, Stan Zoller, Madhu Krishmarthy, Howard Dubin, Tahman Bradley, Maria Zamudio, Alejandra Cancino and Ben Meyerson. All […]

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CHC Board Meeting: April 3, 2020

April 3, 2020 admin 0

CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUBBoard of Directors meetingFri. April 3, 2020 President Rob Elder called the meeting to order. Also present: Greg Karp, Flynn McRoberts, Amanda Vinicky, Jason Martin, Mike Ewing, Susan S. Stevens, Suzanne McBride, Stan Zoller, Christine Wolf, Madhu Krishmarthy, Maria Zamudio, Alejandra Cancino and Ben Meyerson. All of us were […]

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CHC Board Meeting: March 6, 2020

March 6, 2020 admin 0

CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUB Board of Directors meeting Fri. March 6, 2020 President Rob Elder called the meeting to order. Also present: Greg Karp, Flynn McRoberts, Amanda Vinicky, Tahman Bradley, Blair Chavis, Jason Martin, Mike Ewing, Susan S. Stevens, and on the phone Howard Dubin, Suzanne McBride, Stan Zoller, Christine Wolf, Madhu […]

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Watch What You Tweet

February 3, 2021 admin 0

By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists To tweet or not to tweet, that seems to be the question involving Lauren Wolfe, dismissed by the New York Times for reasons not totally explained. At first, it looked like Wolfe was fired for tweeting she had “chills” watching President-elect Joe Biden’s […]

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Erasing News Archives

January 26, 2021 admin 0

NBCNews.com image By Casey Bukro and Hugh Miller Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The searing images and reports of the January 6 terrorist mass attack on the nation’s Capital caused a long-simmering debate to resurface over preserving or expunging printed and visual information about people that could be damaging or embarrassing […]

CHC stands with journalists attacked for doing their jobs

January 13, 2021 admin 0

Journalists are mission-driven to speak truth to power and report the news even under the most harrowing circumstances.We’re not accustomed to becoming part of the narrative. Last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a rampaging, violent mob aimed not only to terrorize and instill fear in the hearts of […]

Apply now for 2021 FOIAFest Coordinator

January 13, 2021 admin 0

CHC seeking qualified journalist to help with signature conference The Chicago Headline Club is looking for a freelance journalist to help prepare for and manage the 2021 FOIAFest, which will be held Feb. 19-21. The job offers a $3,500 stipend for up to 180 hours of work between Jan. 25 […]

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Pandemic Top Word of 2020

December 30, 2020 admin 0

libwwwfreelibrary.org By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists In just 34 days, “COVID-19” went from being newly minted to a term listed online by the Merriam-Webster dictionary. That was record time, Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, told the Associated Press. “That’s the shortest period of time we’ve ever seen […]

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2021 Predictions and Day Dreams

December 23, 2020 admin 0

http://www.nrn.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists This is the time of year for predictions, wishful thinking and delusional forecasts for the coming year, 2021. The 2020 covid-19 pandemic took the globe largely by surprise, showing how puny human prognostication abilities really are and should be humbling, although […]