Jennifer Tanaka

Senior Editor of Digital News and Interim Managing Editor

Jennifer Tanaka is the senior editor for digital news. Prior to arriving at WBEZ, Jennifer spent more than a decade at Newsweek magazine in New York, where she covered technology, the Internet, and the computer and gaming industries. Locally, she edited the front-of-the-book and features at Chicago, where she eventually became the magazine’s executive digital editor. After a stint in higher education, Jennifer returned to journalism in 2019. She’s a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern and also holds a master’s degree from DePaul University. Originally from Honolulu, Jennifer lives in Edgewater with her family.

Stories by Jennifer Tanaka

We made a big correction to our story about the city’s speed camera ticketing program. Here’s why.

In addition to retracting our assertion that the lower speed threshold resulted in “little safety benefit,” we removed the names of two staffers from the byline at their request.
July 1, 2022
MAP: COVID-19 cases and vaccination rates in Chicago by ZIP code

Select your ZIP code to see the current COVID-19 cases and vaccination rates near you.
Mar 5, 2021
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WBEZ’s Rundown Of Today’s Top News: 15,415 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois

Gov. JB Pritzker hinted at another stay-at-home order as the state again set a record for new coronavirus cases. That story and more are in today’s Rundown.
Nov 13, 2020 read more
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Nov 2, 2020

Jennifer Tanaka

Stories by Jennifer Tanaka

We made a big correction to our story about the city’s speed camera ticketing program. Here’s why.

MAP: COVID-19 cases and vaccination rates in Chicago by ZIP code

WBEZ’s Rundown Of Today’s Top News: 15,415 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois

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