Lolly Bowean wins the 2019 Anne Keegan Award
Created in 2012 to honor longtime Chicago Tribune writer Anne Keegan, this award honors journalists who write stories that capture the “dignity and spirit of the common man.” This year’s winner of the...
View ArticleWinners of the 2019 Peter Lisagor Awards, other Chicago Headline Club honors...
The Peter Lisagor Awards are an annual celebration of the best journalism produced throughout the Chicagoland region, spanning all mediums including print, radio, television and digital. While the...
View Article‘The Quiet Rooms’ by Chicago Tribune, ProPublica Illinois awarded 2019...
The Chicago Headline Club’s Watchdog Award honors Chicago-area news reporting that calls attention to situations in which the public is being harmed or poorly served. This year’s winner is “The...
View ArticleHere are the finalists for the 2020 Peter Lisagor Awards
Here are the finalists for the 2020 Peter Lisagor Awards, representing some of the best journalism made across the Chicago region over the past year in more than 100 categories, including newspapers,...
View Article2020 Watchdog Award finalists announced
Sponsored by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Chicago Headline Club each year awards a cash prize for enterprising journalism that defends and protects everyday folks. The Watchdog Award honors...
View ArticleStacy St. Clair wins the 2020 Anne Keegan Award
The Anne Keegan award honors journalists who write stories that capture the dignity and spirit of ordinary men and women. It was created in 2012 to honor Anne Keegan, a longtime writer for the Chicago...
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Greg Kot receives 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Headline Club
Greg Kot is synonymous with Chicago music. His voice, his insights and his critical ear are among the reasons that this author, music critic and “Sound Opinions” co-host is one of two recipients of...
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Cheryl Corley receives 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago...
For Chicagoans, no journalist has done more than Cheryl Corley to capture the wrenching social justice issues that erupted into a global firestorm and catalyst for change last year. As an NPR national...
View Article2020 Watchdog Award winner: ‘Left In the Dark’ by WBBM
The winner of the Chicago Headline Club’s 2020 Watchdog Award is “Left In the Dark,” by Samah Assad, Christopher Hacker and Dave Savini at WBBM CBS 2. How the team at WBBM described the project: The...
View ArticleAnnouncing the recipients of the 2021 Les Brownlee scholarship, Intern Grant...
The Chicago Headline Club and the Chicago Headline Club Foundation have selected Borderless Magazine and the Evanston RoundTable as recipients of the 2021 Intern Grant awards, and DePaul University...
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