Chicago Matters
For nearly two decades, WBEZ teamed up with its colleagues at WTTW 11, the Chicago Reporter and the Chicago Public Library to produce Chicago Matters, an annual in-depth public information series funded in part by the Chicago Community Trust. In 2007, Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders chronicled the impact of immigrants on the Chicago region, the debate over immigration policy, the role of immigrant labor, and the social and cultural lives of immigrant communities themselves. In the process, the series earned multiple awards.
Dec. 17, 2007
African Americans—traditionally over-represented in the military–are signing up less and less. Latino enlistment is also trailing off. So the U.S. military is...more
Dec. 14, 2007
Kisuule Magala Katende shares more about the excitement he felt sharing his own—and other immigrants'—story about life in the U.S. ...more
Dec. 14, 2007
Many African immigrants in the U.S. are separated from their families back home by thousands of miles. But for those lucky enough to have their families with them, there...more
Dec. 13, 2007
Jermont Montgomery learned how reporting reveals information for both the listener, and the reporter....more
Dec. 13, 2007
Susan Layug discusses the struggle to get the subjects in her story to share details about their lifestyle....more
Dec. 13, 2007
The Philippines, has become one of the biggest labor exporters in the world. Filipinos who leave the country for economic reasons are usually women—and in the U.S., a...more
Dec. 13, 2007
Jermont Montgomery was born and raised in Chicago's south Englewood community by a single mother with his two brothers. After graduating from Harper High School, Jermont...more
Dec. 13, 2007
Kisuule Magala Katende is a veteran journalist from Uganda. Kisuule worked as a prominent broadcast journalist for Uganda's largest independent news service, The Monitor...more
Dec. 13, 2007
Susan T. Layug came to the United States from the Philippines as a single parent determined to provide a future for her then-10-year-old son. Like many new adult...more
Dec. 12, 2007
Kabuika Kamunga is an up and coming freelance journalist, whose work has been published and broadcasted in various media outlets in the United States and in South Africa...more
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