I spent months reporting on appraisals and housing discrimination wbez.org/stories/racial…

BREAKING: Aldermen and Mayor Lightfoot have agreed to create a database of Chicago Police Department misconduct files dating back to 2000 WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2021/05/18/dea…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police leaders have argued that if judges kept more people locked up after arrest, it would lead to a decrease in the city’s violence. But emails show that top officials struggled to find evidence to support that claim. ow.ly/81gM50EVHJl

TIL my grandfather was a Western Union telegram bike messenger in the 1920s/30s. Knew every side street and shortcut on the North Side, my dad says #bikechi

"With almost 30,000 registered users, MyMilitia has become a central social media hub for far right extremists drawn to the idea that civilians have a duty to take up arms against a 'tyrannical' government."

I’m looking for some help with a story about artists that design shirts for families memorializing their loved ones lost to gun violence. I want to feature their work and discuss how they see violence in Chicago through their unique perspective. Maria Ines Zamudio

Aaron Swartz was right

Many women contacted us after we revealed the investigation into sexual misconduct at Chicago’s beaches and pools. These are their #MeToo stories, spanning 5 decades wbez.org/amp/stories/fe…

A WBEZ analysis of mass shootings suggests that Chicago is unique for its frequency and volume of mass shootings — at least twice as many as the city with the second-highest tally, Philadelphia. ow.ly/3EmJ50FcvgT

One out of every four requests for substitute teachers made by Chicago Public Schools went unfilled: “There just aren’t subs to be had.” ow.ly/slPB50Fcvxd

Cicero had some of the highest rates of COVID-19 in Cook County yet officials spent all the federal aid for its pandemic relief on the police. Latest for Cicero Independiente in collaboration with @muckrock and Pulitzer Center. Illustration by Izzy Ortiz. ciceroindependiente.com/english/cicero…

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WBEZ is hiring a full-stack software engineer. Big things happening at Chicago Public Media ... Apply! phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/care…

Are you getting calls from debt collectors asking you to pay an overdue water bill? Reporter Maria Ines Zamudio wants to understand how water debt affects homeowners and investigate whether the city’s debt collection program is working. Fill out our short form: ow.ly/yP2C50FxzAS

NEW: The Illinois Attorney General office is spending more than $2.5M to restore its computer system after a ransomware attack in April. In his first in-depth interview, AG Kwame Raoul said he’s unable to predict when the office will return to normal. #ILAGHack bettergov.org/news/no-ransom…

"As the US grapples with how to reform policing, there is a growing recognition that state #FOIA laws—which have become more restrictive in the name of fighting crime—have been a choke point in the quest for police transparency, + in turn, accountability." washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards are 100% a thing at Lollapalooza in Chicago. You can get it with a single-day wristband for $50. I have confirmed that it does work.

So proud to announce these 10 Community Impact Fellows for 2021-2022! We're excited about their projects to develop news and information solutions that better engage underserved BIPOC communities. #JSK22 #LocalNews bit.ly/jsk22

Huge congrats to the Documenting COVID-19 The Brown Institute team for this Society of Professional Journalists award for the Documenting COVID-19 project's work on government transparency! Honored to have contributed + collaborated, along w/ John S. Knight Fellowships Matt Kiefer Michael Morisy @sarahalvarezMI.