Enter the 37th Annual Peter Lisagor Awards!
Download the brochure here The Peter Lisagor Awards are named for The Chicago Daily News’ Washington bureau chief from 1959 to 1976, who was one of the nation’s most respected and well-known journalists.
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A bad lesson in democracy from Board of Education
By Curtis Lawrence and Suzanne McBride (Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 14, 2013)
As journalism professors at Columbia College Chicago, we often take students to government meetings. It’s their opportunity to see government in action and to report stories right alongside working journalists.
There’s always a lesson to be learned. Did you ask enough…
Chicago Headline Club condemns judge’s action
The Chicago Headline Club today condemned the contempt of court charges filed against AOL Patch reporter Joe Hosey by Will County Circuit Court Judge Gerald Kinney.
Kinney found Hosey in contempt for not revealing sources who provided him information related to the January stranglings of Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins. In his…
Pics from Burger Nite!
The Chicago Headline Club kicked off a new series of Burger Nites on Sept. 13 at the Billy Goat Tavern. Here are some pics!
Cheezborger. Cheezborger.
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Rescind the order, judge
The ability of a journalist to protect his/her sources when necessary is a crucial tool in the collection of information to establish facts and verify truth.
The CHC strongly opposes Will County Circuit Judge Gerald Kinney’s order that Joseph Hosey of Patch.com violate his promise of confidentiality by revealing sources for his stories…
A Dark Day at the Chicago Sun-Times
A Dark Day at the Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Headline Club condemns the Sun-Times Media Group’s decision this week to lay off its entire photo staff.This move will ultimately compromise the ability of the storied and award-winning Chicago Sun-Times, which anchors the company, to properly cover its subjects and illustrate our…
A Conversation on Mental Health
The Chicago Headline Club presents:
A Conversation on Mental Health
Thursday, May 2
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Columbia College
33 E. Congress Pkwy. Room 101
A frank discussion with first-hand accounts from Chicago luminaries David Axelrod, Clarence Page and Perri Small. The panel will discuss the toll of mental illness, on those who suffer from…
A Statement from the CHC Board
In light of alarming reports that journalists from some of America’s most established news organizations have allowed their sources and/or sources’ representatives to edit and/or approve quotes before publication or broadcast (see http://nyti.ms/PAy5QS), the Chicago Headline Club hereby adopts the following:WHEREAS the practice of allowing political candidates and/or their representatives to…
Ethics in the Digital World
HOW DO YOU TRUST THE NEWS IN A DIGITAL WORLD? A Forum on Digital Media Ethics in Journalism 7 p.m.Wed. Feb. 13, 2013 PanelistsHUGH DELLIOS, News Editor, Associated Press, Midwest BureauMEGHAN DOUGHERTY, Assistant Professor of Digital CommunicationBASTIAAN VANACKER, Director of the Center for Digital Media Ethics & PolicyCo-ModeratorsALDEN LOURY, President of the Chicago Headline…
Stormy Weather: Covering Climate Change
The Chicago Headline Club Presents: STORMY WEATHER: COVERING CLIMATE CHANGE 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 31
Cactus Bar and Grill 404 S. Wells St. Chicago
The weather is changing, and no matter what your beat is, you’re going to spend some time in your future covering the effects of…