SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS 2014 Region 5 Spring Conference Here is the schedule for sessions at the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 5 Spring Conference in Chicago. Encourage your colleagues to come. All are welcome to attend, to learn and to share views. We will have newsroom tours Fri. April […]
The Chicago Headline Club applauds the action by the Illinois Supreme Court which throws out the state’s eavesdropping law, which prohibited the recording of any conversation public or private without consent.
While the ruling removes all restrictions connected with in-person conversations, Headline Club President Fernando Diaz said he expects…
SPJ’s Region 5 Conference
SPJ’s Region 5 Spring Conference is your best opportunity to rub elbows with working journalists for networking and get tips and thoughts from some of the best in the business. We’re planning interactive discussions with high-achieving professionals, including everyone from freelance writers to book authors to TV…
There’s a surge of workers asking for better wages and conditions in Chicago. Who are these workers? What do they want? Who is helping them? How do they fit into the drive for higher minimum wages in Chicago and Illinois?
Please join us on Tuesday, Feb. 11 for a workshop to…
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.
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…
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…
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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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
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…
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