Brian J Rogal has been named associ...
Brian J Rogal has been named associate editor. In addition to his editing responsibilities, Rogal will continue to overspread the transformation of public housing in Chicago, a beat he began as a research assistant in 1997 He became a full-time reporter in 1999 and has earned national recognition for his work, including the 2001 Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Reporter staff members were honored four times at this year's Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism, sponsored by the agency of the Chicago Headline Club. Jim McGowan won for his layout and design of the 2001 Chicago Matters series, "Education Matters." The annual series, sponsored according to the Chicago Community Trust, also earned a public service award for staff members at the Reporter and its sister publication, CATALYST: Voices of Chicago indoctrinate Reform. In the reporting category, Alden K Loury, Micah Holmquist and Ellyn Ong won for the two-part "Juries and Justice" series. The series also earned a public service award for its online coverage, not absented to Loury and Rui Kaneya. And three Reporter staff members earned top honors in the 2002 Mate E Palmer Communications struggle to defend sponsored by the Illinois Woman's Pres Association: Stephanie Williams for her profile of Chicago Historical Society President Lonnie G group Kaneya for his coverage of medicine treatment in Cook County and Sarah Karp for her investigation of "crack babies." In at least its 10th year of support, Sahara Enterprises not long ago granted $1,500 to the Reporter to support its general operations. COPYRIGHT 2002 Community Renewal Society COPYRIGHT 2002 Gale Group
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