Rogal named associate editor. (Reporter News).Brian J. Rogal has been named associate editor. In addition to his editing responsibilities, Rogal will continue to cover the transformation of public housing in Chicago, a beat he began as a research assistant in 1997. He became a full-time reporter in 1999 and has earned national recognition for his work, including the 2001 Sigma Delta Chi award The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists for excellence in journalism. History The Awards, according the SPJ, began in 1932 when the society chose six individuals for their contributions to journalism. from the Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ, formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi . Reporter staff members were honored four times at this year's Peter Lisagor Peter Lisagor (August 5 1915–December 10 1976) was Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News from 1959 to 1976 and was one of the most respected and best-known journalists in the United States. Awards for Exemplary Journalism, sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club. Jim McGowan won for his layout and design of the 2001 Chicago Matters series, "Education Matters." The annual series, sponsored by the Chicago Community Trust, also earned a public service award for staff members at the Reporter and its sister publication, CATALYST: Voices of Chicago School Chicago School Group of architects and engineers who in the 1890s exploited the twin developments of structural steel framing and the electrified elevator, paving the way for the ubiquitous modern-day skyscraper. Reform. In the reporting category, Alden K. Loury lou·ry adj. Variant of lowery. , Micah Holmquist and Ellyn Ong won for the two-part "Juries and Justice" series. The series also earned a public service award for its online coverage, presented to Loury and Rui Kaneya. And three Reporter staff members earned top honors in the 2002 Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest, sponsored by the Illinois Woman's Press Association: Stephanie Williams for her profile of Chicago Historical Society President Lonnie G. Bunch, Kaneya for his coverage of drug treatment in Cook County and Sarah Karp for her investigation of "crack babies crack baby An infant born to a crack-addicted mother, who is often premature, ↓ birth weight, and has birth defects, respiratory, and neurologic defects; CBs are 4 times more likely to be premature, more commonly suffer SIDS, and given the mothers' high ." In at least its 10th year of support, Sahara Enterprises recently granted $1,500 to the Reporter to support its general operations. |
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