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Board Minutes – 02/1996

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B O A R D M I N U T E S Chicago Headline ClubBoard of Directors Meeting February 1996 Attended: Ellen Shubart, Howard Dubin, Kathy Catrambone, Casey Bukro, Teresa Rae Knight, Ed Avis, Kristin Fox, Ed Rooney, Bob Roberts, Barbara Schleck, Stephen Rynkiewicz, Tom LaPorte, Ilyce…

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Chapter Bylaws

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Chicago Professional ChapterThe Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi ARTICLE I – Definitions Section One “Chapter,” as used herein, shall refer to The Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Professional Chapter of the national Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, located in Chicago, Illinois. Section TwoThe name of…

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Board Minutes – 01/1996

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B O A R D M I N U T E S Chicago Headline ClubBoard of Directors Meeting January 11, 1996 Attended: Bob Roberts, Ed Avis, Terry Brown, Sue Stevens, Paula Eubanks,Ellen Shubart, Bob Knight, Kathy Catrambone, Ilyce Glink, Jennifer Epmeier,Ed Rooney, Stephen Rynkiewicz, Casey Bukro, Barbara…

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History

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Headline Club, SPJ share storied history
By Stephen Rynkiewicz
 
 
 
Long before it became the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi was a professional society. And Chicago was its touchstone.
 
The college students who started SDX at a Methodist liberal-arts school in Indiana found journalism their calling. The few fraternal trappings were there…

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Ethics in Journalism Award

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Ethics in Journalism Award
 
 
Ethics means walking the talk – like doing the right thing.
 
This means acting like a professional, taking into consideration the welfare of those we encounter in covering the news and the possible harm our reports might do to an individual or a community.
 
It’s a tough line to…

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Watchdog Fund

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Download the application
Journalists and freelance writers working on investigative stories face many obstacles, including costs associated with public access to documents, travel expenses and materials. Thanks to the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, journalists facing such financial burdens can tap into a fund that has been established to alleviate those financial…

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Watchdog Award Recipient: 2008

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The Chicago Headline Club is pleased to announce that the winners of the 2008 Watchdog Award for Excellence in Public Interest Reporting are Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Rui Kaneya and Tram Nguyen for their Chicago Reporter series, “Missed Signals.”
 

The Watchdog Award was presented April 25 at the Intercontinental Hotel during the…