Small towns. Big walls. A good place to hide things.
Motive podcast from WBEZ Chicago returns with stories and scandals from prisons in rural America
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Chicago Public Media Announces Its Acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times
Local & national foundations and individual donors support Chicago Public Media’s plans with $61 million to invest in local journalism
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Chicago Public Media Board of Directors Votes to Move Forward with Chicago Sun-Times’ Acquisition
Chicago Public Media and Chicago Sun-Times reach milestone in plans to join together as one local nonprofit news organization
Program schedule update: WBEZ Chicago adds more news to weekday afternoons
NPR’s Here and Now to air Mondays-Thursdays starting at 1 p.m.; Fresh Air moves out of middays on WBEZ, available weekday evenings and on new WBEZ mobile app.
Chicago Public Media names Celeste LeCompte as its Chief Audience Officer
Experienced media leader returns to Midwest roots, joining Chicago Public Media from ProPublica.
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“Soul Sauce” with Vocalo’s Ayana Contreras comes to WBEZ weekends this December
Dance party pop-up show brings R&B and Soul classics to WBEZ this holiday season
Chicago Public Media and Chicago Sun-Times Announce Plans to Explore a Combination as a Local Nonprofit News Organization in Chicago
Partnership would create one of the largest local nonprofit news organizations in the nation and emerge as a national model for the future of local journalism
Weeklong Tribute on WBEZ to Celebrate Powerful Conversations from StoryCorps in Chicago
WBEZ listens back to memorable stories in honor of StoryCorps closing its recording booth in Chicago
