Editor's note: Congrats to Trib! However, how about a project on the crooks in the Probate Court of Cook County? Justice in Cook County???? "Six wounded in Friday, Saturday shootings" Trib, How about " Six estates robbed by crooked lawyers and judges."? Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Chicago Tribune wins 16 Lisagor awards
A view of Chicago from the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower in 2013. (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune / November 3, 2013)
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The Chicago Tribune won 16 Peter Lisagor Awards for outstanding journalism Friday night in a competition sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club.
The Tribune's investigative series “Cook County Justice,” written by reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Todd Lighty, won the award for Best Investigative Reporting.
The Chicago Sun-Times took home 10 awards, including the Watchdog Award for Excellence in Public Interest Reporting for “Clout in Session,” a series of stories on the United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) and its misuse of public funding by Dan Mihalopoulos.
Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to Former CBS anchorman Bill Kurtis, ABC 7's Karen Meyer and Windy City Media Group's Tracy Baim.
Associated Press national writer Sharon Cohen received the third annual Anne Keegan Award for Reporting on the Little Guy. This award honors print and online journalists who tell extraordinary stories about ordinary people.
The Tribune's other Lisagor Awards:
--Deadline Reporting for coverage of "The Illinois Tornadoes"
--Editorial Writing for the series “A new plan for Chicago"
--Business/Consumer Reporting: Michael Oneal, Steve Mills won for “Broken Deal” The Tribune's investigative series “Cook County Justice,” written by reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Todd Lighty, won the award for Best Investigative Reporting.
The Chicago Sun-Times took home 10 awards, including the Watchdog Award for Excellence in Public Interest Reporting for “Clout in Session,” a series of stories on the United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) and its misuse of public funding by Dan Mihalopoulos.
Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to Former CBS anchorman Bill Kurtis, ABC 7's Karen Meyer and Windy City Media Group's Tracy Baim.
Associated Press national writer Sharon Cohen received the third annual Anne Keegan Award for Reporting on the Little Guy. This award honors print and online journalists who tell extraordinary stories about ordinary people.
The Tribune's other Lisagor Awards:
--Deadline Reporting for coverage of "The Illinois Tornadoes"
--Editorial Writing for the series “A new plan for Chicago"
--Arts Reporitng and Criticism: Heather Gillers and Jason Grotto
--News Photo: Abel Uribe, John J. Kim, E. Jason Wambsgans, Anthony Souffle, Terrence Antonio James and Scott Strazzante for “Chicago Under the Gun.”
--Design: Jeff Bowen
--Technology Reporting: Becky Yerak for “Drivers tap brakes on being monitored”
--Best Illustration: Joe Darrow
--General Excellence in Print Journalism
--Multimedia Feature Presentation for “Chicago Under the Gun”
--Online Deadline Reporting; Online Breaking News Story for "The Illinois Tornadoes"
--Feature Story or Series for "Life After Hadiya"
--Investigative/Public Service Reporting for "Broken Bonds"
--Use of Online News Video for “Chicago Under the Gun: 2013”
The Chicago Headline Club created the awards in honor of Peter Lisagor, the late Chicago Daily News Washington bureau chief, who showed skill and wit as a print reporter and broadcast news analyst. The awards recognize the best of Chicago journalism.
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