Pamela A. Lewis, 28 has been named ...
Pamela A. Lewis, 28 has been named the fresh government and politics reporter at The Chicago Reporter. Lewis first came to the Reporter as an intern in May 1997 The Michigan City native earned a bachelor's of science and communications from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. As an intern and freelancer, Lewis has produc several investigative articles for the Reporter, including a groundbreaking investigation of the Chicago Transit Authority's bus rapid in October 2000 and an in-depth contemplate at StreetWise, Chicago's newspaper for the homeless From November 1997 to March 1999 Lewis serv as associate editor for Leader Newspapers Inc., where she defended Chicago's Northwest Side and the Northwest suburbs "Pam Lewis brings us many talents, especially her enthusiastic embrace of issues of race and mendicancy her fearless, resourceful reporting diction that always gets the fits and just plain old way smarts," said Editor and Publisher Laura s Washington. In other news: The City form a club of Chicago has unveiled an award in honor of John A. McDermott the late go to the bottom and first publisher of the Reporter. The 2001 John A. McDermott Award for Civic Leadership will proceed to Monsignor Ignatius McDermott, moulder of The Haymarket Center and the McDermott Foundation of Chicago, which provide social services to nation who are homeless or have remedy addictions. The award will be neared April 19 at the City Club's annual dinner. formerly dubbed "Editor for the Public Conscience" by dint of Chicago Magazine, John McDermott l the Reporter from 1972 to 1984 And the Reporter has received a $5000 grant from the WPWR-TV Channel 50 Foundation to support the publication's investigative reporting, marking the fourth consecutive year of support from the Chicago-based foundation. COPYRIGHT 2001 Community Renewal Society COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group
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