Join us for this Zoom journalism conference co-hosted by the Chicago Headline Club: “Summer of Extremes: Racism, Health Inequity & Heat.” This three-forum event will run 1.5 hours each on three evenings: 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 23; Wednesday, June 24; and Thursday, June 25. Find the information to join here […]
Predicting a future with covid. Barrymoltz.com photo By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists “Life as we know it” is a phrase used so blithely and innocently in the past, before the coronavirus ushered in a global pandemic that turned life as we know it into a big mystery. How […]
Covid-19 taking a mental health toll. Web24.news photo. By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Writers often resort to the word “dystopian” to signify an imaginary place of misery and dread, a place beloved by horror and science-fiction movie fans. Then along came covid-19, and the world finds it is […]
The Chicago Headline Club’s Watchdog Award honors Chicago-area news reporting that calls attention to situations in which the public is being harmed or poorly served. This year’s winner is “The Quiet Rooms,” a collaboration by Jennifer Smith Richards of the Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis of […]
The Peter Lisagor Awards are an annual celebration of the best journalism produced throughout the Chicagoland region, spanning all mediums including print, radio, television and digital. While the awards are usually presented at our annual banquet, we are making the announcement digitally this year due to concerns over the coronavirus and […]
Polio patients in iron lungs. New York Daily News photo By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists As uncomfortable as it is to us now, the coronavirus pandemic will interest future historians as another cataclysmic eruption distorting lives and causing death around the world. They happened before. Every generation, it […]
The Headline Club has a new store on Chicago’s own Threadless.com.
So, show your support…in style.
We have new T-shirts, notebooks, mugs—even face masks.
Every dollar you spend goes to support our programs and journalists directly. Our year-round programs include FOIAfest, the Lisagor Awards and tech workshops. Our professional members also provide mentorship, feedback and networking opportunities for student journalists and freelancers.
A pandemic image. Allure.com photo. By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Look what happened to ethics in this time of a global viral pandemic. It became important, a matter of life and death. This became clear when the national demand for life-saving ventilators was greater than the supply, […]
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