Pressroom
Welcome to the WBEZ Chicago pressroom for our latest news and station updates.
Please contact press@wbez.org for media inquiries; requests to interview our hosts, reporters and staff; and for photo and logo requests.
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WBEZ’s Motive Season 4 podcast receives Criminal Justice Reform Prize from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Investigative podcast recognized for its exemplary criminal justice reporting about the factors that shape prison conditions and the hidden world of prison towns.
Introducing The Democracy Solutions Project
New multimedia series from Chicago Public Media and the University of Chicago’s Center for Effective Government will explore issues facing our democracy in run up to 2024 election
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WBEZ Chicago introduces When Magic Happens, a new podcast featuring three Black women in unfiltered, intergenerational conversations of love and laughter
Each week, Taylor, Shea and Cheryle spill tea on life, love, ambition, success, family and more – with notable guests invited to the table
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WBEZ Chicago and the University Club of Chicago present An Evening with Tom Hanks: In Conversation with Peter Sagal, coming to the historic Auditorium Theatre May 10
Tickets go on sale to the public March 21 at 10 a.m.
Book talks: WBEZ Chicago brings three intimate author conversations to the stage this winter & spring
Lineup includes award-winning novelist Rebecca Makkai, NPR journalist Ari Shapiro, and musician and author Michelle Zauner
