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The City of Chicago and the State of Illinois have released hundreds of public datasets online where visitors can view, search and even download the datasets for closer inspection. 
The City of Chicago data portal features more than 250 datasets including crime incidents, employee salaries, city contracts awarded, and logs of Freedom…

DEDICATED COMMUNITY ADVOCATE
AND PULITZER PRIZE NOMINEE

Lily Pagratis Venson, 86, a longtime community advocate and lifetime Chicago resident, has passed away on June 27.  She was an award-winning journalist and feature writer for the Lerner newspapers for over ten years.  She was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for more than…

Mark your calendar:CHCF’s annual picnic-party

Do you remember the journalist who coined the phrase “Eyewitness News”? Or the professor who urged you to shout, “I am great” when you stood up in his class?  
Remember our good friend? 
To honor Les, his friends will gather once again this summer at the home he…

Public Access Survey Documents
Our public access survey and other key documents are available here for download: 

Download the executive summary.

Download the full 61-page public access survey report.
Download a snapshot of our results.
Read the Chicago Headline Club’s press release.
Read anecdotes from real Chicago…

Chicago Headline Club Survey: 
Journalists Report Dismal Information Access
Obtaining information from many Chicago and Cook County departments is so difficult that many journalists have given up trying, a survey of area journalists found. State and federal officials were generally more forthcoming but not perfectly transparent, the survey determined.

The…

Did you miss it?
Download audio from our ‘Social Media for Journalists’ program here.

Amazing, powerful new tools are coming online that help working journalists advance their reporting as never before. We’ve all seen how Twitter and Facebook have taken their place as legitimate journalism tools, but there are constant improvements and…

Who can join the Chicago Headline Club as a board member?
Any Chicago Headline Club member is eligible to become a board member.
Annual dues to be a member of the Chicago Headline Club are $20 a year. Society of Professional Journalist (SPJ) national dues cost $72 a year. You must be…

Download our nomination form
The Chicago Headline Club Lifetime Achievement Award is an annual award recognizing journalists for their extraordinary contribution to the community and/or the profession. The Lifetime Achievement Award honors those journalists who tirelessly work to cover, report, edit and tape the news day in and day out.
Lifetime Award…

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ILLINOIS MEDIA

 
If you haven’t found the perfect gift for everyone on your list, here are gift ideas that will keep on giving for an entire year. Give a membership in the Society of Professional Journalists and the Chicago Headline Club. Or, give a donation in that person’s name to the CHC…