#JOURNALISTS! Our Freelance MasterJourno Class continues Wednesday at 7 PM CST! Have you RSVP'd? This week's session will cover tips for building great stories with Alejandra Cancino Adam Przybyl Danielle Sanders! Don't miss it! Non-CJA members: $15 RSVP: [email protected]

#JOURNALISTS, it's TONIGHT! Along w/ South Side Weekly & Hyde Park Herald, we're back for session No. 2 of our Freelance MasterJourno Class: Structuring a Great Story. We have another fantastic group of panelists: Alejandra Cancino Adam Przybyl Danielle Sanders! Tune in @ 7 PM CST!

Wow again! Session No. 2 of our Freelance MasterJourno Class was just as amazing as the first! 🤩 Thanks so much to panelists Alejandra Cancino Adam Przybyl & Danielle Sanders for fantastic story tips! Don't miss our FINAL session next week w/ @jimdaleywrites & @SkyPattersonFC!

Marla taught my 1st journalism class & more DePaul Journalism Program. My 1st clip was one I wrote for her. I’ve seen the DePaulia do fantastic work & win awards under her leadership. There’s no question of her impact on students’ careers. Congrats on a job well done & deserved retirement!

#JOURNALISTS! The FINAL session of our Freelance MasterJourno Class w/ South Side Weekly & Hyde Park Herald is Wednesday @ 7 PM CST! Want to learn fact checking tips & resources from @jimdaleywrites & @SkyPattersonFC? RSVP today! Non-CJA members: $15 RSVP: [email protected]

#JOURNALISTS! The FINAL session of our Freelance MasterJourno Class is TONIGHT! ✨ AND we have a surprise guest! ✨ Louis Jacobson of PolitiFact will join @jimdaleywrites & @SkyPattersonFC to talk all about fact checking & how to avoid misinformation! Tune in @ 7 PM CST! 👇

We have no words, except WOW...again! Last night was a FANTASTIC ending to our 2023 Freelance MasterJourno Class! 🤩 Thanks to @jimdaleywrites Louis Jacobson @SkyPattersonFC for great fact checking tips & resources! Thanks to ALL of our series panelists & ALL who tuned in! 👏👏

And THANK YOU to our fabulous co-collaborators, South Side Weekly & the Hyde Park Herald, for sharing their talented journalists with us!

Our Freelance MasterJourno Class may be over. But now, we're celebrating the 2023 class of certificate recipients! 🤩 If you're a CJA member or tuned in for all of our sessions, come out to meet us & some of our fantastic speakers this Thursday! South Side Weekly Hyde Park Herald

It was wonderful to celebrate our 2023 Freelance MasterJourno Class certificate cohort! I met several great individuals who are eager to break into journalism, & I wish them the best in their journeys! Thanks to everyone who attended & made this event possible! 👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks to 2022 #DorothyStorckAward winner Ismael Pérez for the nice mention of our 83rd Anniversary Awards Ceremony in this column on Chicago's history of LGBTQ+ journalism! Lifetime Achievement Award recipient @TracyBaimWCMG is also featured! Check it out! chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

A CJA congrats to our former VP Jillian Melero who will be stepping into the role of co-president for the Headline Club! She'll be serving with our Freelance MasterJourno Class panelist, Mary Hall. We look forward to working with you & seeing the great things you'll do! 👏👏

I was honored to be interviewed for this story about my friend, mentor & CJA predecessor, Maudlyne Ihejirika. Our relationship comes in about 2/3 of the way into the story, but I encourage you to read the whole piece. Her journey has inspired me & many others. gatewayjr.org/after-storied-…

I’m definitely looking forward to listening & learning from this crowd next Tuesday! Grab a refreshment & join us! We hope to see you there! 👇📚👇

🚨 BIG NEWS, #JOURNALISTS! 🚨 Our 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Jim Rose, formerly of ABC 7 Chicago! Tonia Hill is Chicago Breakout Journalist of the Year & Brandon Pope TV is emcee! Celebrate them NOV. 10 at our 84th Anniversary Awards Ceremony! Tix: chicagojournalists.net/donations/

Surprise No. 1 for our 84th Anniversary Awards Ceremony: Our Lifetime Achievement recipient, Jim Rose, will be introduced by 2022 recipient, @TracyBaimWCMG! AND our 2022 Emerging Journalist of the Year, Kelly Garcia will lead Q&A w/ him! Get tix today! chicagojournalists.net/donations

🚨 MORE BIG NEWS, #CHICAGO #JOURNALISTS! 🚨 Congratulations to our 2023 #DorothyStorckAward finalists! 🔹Maya Dukmasova, Injustice Watch 🔹Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica 🔹Sylvia Snowden, CAN TV Who will take home the $1,000 prize? Find out Nov. 10! Get tix: chicagojournalists.net/donations

Did you hear the news today? Shamus Toomey of Block Club Chicago will be the keynote speaker at our 84th Anniversary Awards Ceremony! Don't miss this fantastic lineup! It's going to be one amazing night! #Journalists: $75 Non-Journalists: $100 Tickets: chicagojournalists.net/donations

The new Chicago Journ Assoc Board has gotten to work, & we’re offering our first event! Join us May 18 for a FREE Google Tools training covering fact-checking & tools for election coverage. We’re thrilled to have Mike Reilley lead our session again! RSVP: [email protected] 👇

🚨 #JOURNALISTS! Chicago Journ Assoc is turning 85 this year! Celebrate with us by submitting your best work for our Dorothy Storck Award and Sarah Brown Boyden Awards! Peep the new categories. 👇 Early-bird deadline is THIS FRIDAY! Don't miss out! Apply: [email protected]