The Chicago Headline Club and the Chicago Headline Club Foundation have selected Borderless Magazine and the Evanston RoundTable as recipients of the 2021 Intern Grant awards. The Chicago Headline Club Foundation annually awards two $5,000 grants to fund internships at non-for-profit media organizations. The funds are designated to support the […]
By Storer (Bob) Rowley The Chicago Headline Club and the Chicago Headline Club Foundation have selected DePaul University senior Cameron “Cam” Rodriguez as the winner of the Les Brownlee Memorial Scholarship — a $5,000 annual grant given to a Chicago-area journalism student in honor of Les Brownlee. The club and […]
The winner of the Chicago Headline Club’s 2020 Watchdog Award is “Left In the Dark,” by Samah Assad, Christopher Hacker and Dave Savini at WBBM CBS 2. How the team at WBBM described the project: The CBS 2 investigative team had been reporting about the issue of wrongful police raids […]
For Chicagoans, no journalist has done more than Cheryl Corley to capture the wrenching social justice issues that erupted into a global firestorm and catalyst for change last year. As an NPR national correspondent based in the city for more than two decades, she made herself an expert on issues […]
Greg Kot is synonymous with Chicago music. His voice, his insights and his critical ear are among the reasons that this author, music critic and “Sound Opinions” co-host is one of two recipients of the Chicago Headline Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award this year. Kot is the head of editorial at the […]
The Anne Keegan award honors journalists who write stories that capture the dignity and spirit of ordinary men and women. It was created in 2012 to honor Anne Keegan, a longtime writer for the Chicago Tribune whose work was distinguished by compassion, character and courage. Her stories often profiled everyday people […]
Sponsored by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Chicago Headline Club each year awards a cash prize for enterprising journalism that defends and protects everyday folks. The Watchdog Award honors Chicago-area news reporting that calls attention to situations in which the public is being harmed or poorly served. This year, […]
We’re looking for new board members to join the Chicago Headline Club Board in our mission to promote journalism and support journalists across our region.
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.
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 […]
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