Jennifer Tanaka is the managing 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.
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Critics’ picks: Chicago’s 11 best restaurants of 2023
Reset’s Sasha-Ann Simons convened a panel of the city’s finest food folks to share their recommendations and insights about the top bites of 2023.
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The best cookbooks of 2023
Nerdette’s Greta Johnsen asked trusted food writer Alex Beggs for her picks. These are the seven new cookbooks she loved the best.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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