This is a guest post by Audrey Champelli, a member of the Chicago Undercovered class that prioritizes reporting on Chicago's South and West side communities. Last week, our class took a trip to see "Punch 9 for Harold Washington," a documentary that broadened my understanding of the history of Chicago politics just in time for …

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This is a guest post from Riley Andrews, a member of the Chicago Undercovered class, which prioritizes reporting on Chicago's South and West side communities. Educational reporting involves building relationships, being persistent, and doing further research than you might expect. Sitting in front of a DePaul Community Reporting class, Mauricio Peña and Cam Rodriguez with …

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This is a guest post from Cary Robbins, a member of the Chicago Undercovered class, which prioritizes reporting on Chicago's South and West Side communities. When Amethyst J. Davis came back to her hometown of Harvey, Illinois, at the beginning of the pandemic, she was shocked to see that nothing had changed. Coming from New …

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This is a guest post from Emily Soto, a member of the Chicago Undercovered class, which prioritizes reporting on Chicago's South and West sides. On September 26, Maya Dukmasova of Injustice Watch visited with DePaul journalism students from the Chicago Undercovered and Urban Affairs Reporting class. To guide the conversation, students brought their questions for …

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