Susan S. Stevens is the backbone of the Chicago Headline Club. In addition to serving as the club’s longtime secretary, Sue has been our institutional memory and the voice of reason during times of transition. Sue, who spent most of her journalism career at UPI and the City News Bureau, […]
Leading a diverse group of journalists can be a challenge. This session will offer the tools you need to support a media organization that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion. Our speakers will offer insights into the cultural and generational values that define us, echoing the ideals of journalist Robert Maynard’s Faultlines philosophy.
Clarence Waldron has been named the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Headline Club’s 2020 Peter Lisagor Awards. Often called “the dean of arts and entertainment journalists,” Waldron has enjoyed a distinguished career in journalism for more than 35 years, including a 29-year tenure as senior writer and senior editor of Jet Magazine.
Jim DeRogatis has been named the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Headline Club’s 2020 Peter Lisagor Awards. Together with Greg Kot, the former rock critic at The Chicago Tribune, he co-hosts Sound Opinions, heard weekly on 125 public radio stations nationwide. “Great reporters are as rare as […]
To Chicago Headline Club members and our sister chapters across the US : I’ve been asked to provide an update on the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) sponsorship task force and our unanimous recommendation to update the organization’s policy. In short, the SPJ board endorsed this recommendation on April 18, […]
A few chapter leaders asked for a history of the friction over sponsors accepted by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and its partners at the Excellence in Journalism (EIJ) conference, so here goes: I was asked to be on a sponsorship policy task force was formed, in part, to […]
In April 2020, the Chicago Headline Club held discussion about covering our most vulnerable communities in crisis, as we talked about the COVID-19 pandemic and the documentary COOKED: Survival By Zip Code about the 1995 heatwave that killed 739 mostly black, elderly and poor Chicagoans. This was a special event […]
Available immediately, $500 Reimbursement grants for professional expenses include job-search costs, career enhancement and work-from-home expenses, such as home Internet and wireless phone.
The McCormick Foundation is administering $10,000 grants “to support media organizations responding to local information needs related to COVID-19 and covering the public health emergency’s impact on Chicagoland communities.” Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Apply here. Criteria The fund will prioritize support for organizations meeting the following criteria: Small and Medium […]
The coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic has hit newsrooms particularly hard as uncertain financial times threaten the future of journalism. To make sure our community has all the best information, we held a video conference about career transitions, working with a recruiter and updating your LinkedIn profile and personal branding. We also […]
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