There are a number of points in today’s Axios Chicago story about WTTW Chicago Tonight. I think attributing the cost of the show to unions seems indefensible at best, especially w/out union comment, because it serves to earn working class class people a living wage. Bad take.

This was so fun. Come for the AirPods and school policing chat, stay to hear about our hammock and kitchen sponge preferences.

For 3½ years, Amara Harris chose to fight a police ticket accusing her of stealing a classmate's AirPods.

Now she has won, in a rare trial that highlighted the alarming relationship between Illinois schools & police
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Wow this is really awesome! Thank you #NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 for recognizing our “The Price Kids Pay” investigation.

It isn’t lost on me that the honor comes as Jennifer Smith Richards and I spent the day covering a jury trial for a teenager ticketed by police at her high school.

The work continues…

This case escalated quickly ... and then ... very ... slowly.

Now, more than three years later a trial that will provoke divided reactions inside and beyond Naperville.

Jodi Cohen / Jennifer Smith Richards bring deep expertise to the coverage.

1/ Today, we won voluntary recognition of our union with NewsGuild of New York with 97% support of eligible staff members across the editorial, business and operations sides of our newsroom! propublicaguild.org/updates/propub…

Thank you for these public records -- Jodi Cohen and I understand everything completely now.

NEW: Illinois Officials Will Try a Second Time to Make Good on Pledge to Reform Student Ticketing propublica.org/article/illino… Jodi Cohen Jennifer Smith Richards w/ Chicago Tribune

Hello. ProPublica has unionized. We are a wall-to-wall union of reporters, editors, business and communications staff across the nation who are dedicated to investigative journalism in the public interest. propublicaguild.org

This is the story Justice Alito was trying to get ahead of in Wall Street Journal Opinion: Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court propublica.org/article/samuel… Justin Elliott Josh Kaplan Alex Mierjeski

👀 ⁦Heather Cherone⁩ and ⁦Jared Rutecki⁩ bringing us some news today news.wttw.com/2023/06/15/ind…

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain | AP News apnews.com/article/gannet…

Here’s your Saturday wild tale for your reading pleasure. From reporters Jodi Cohen of ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards of the Chicago Tribune.

Over a long career as a Chicago police officer, allegations of dishonesty followed Jeffrey Kriv. But it was questions about his truthfulness in traffic court – over personal speeding, red light and parking tickets – that ultimately cost him his badge.
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Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund known as the “destroyer of newspapers,” is a tough foe, but the CT Guild along with other units has notched a major win, securing a nearly $100,000 settlement from Tribune Publishing due to improper changes to health care plans in 2022.

“We cannot keep people safe from crimes we can’t prosecute, and we cannot build trust without truthfulness,” city watchdog says about Chicago police continuing to employ 100+ cops who lied during criminal investigations. chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-…