Illinois

Mark P. Braboy is an arts and entertainment and cannabis journalist/photographer from the Southeast side of Chicago. He graduated from Jackson State University with a B.A. in English and has...

Kris Vire is a journalist covering arts and culture in Chicago. Currently, he's a contributing culture critic for Chicago magazine and a theater critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Previously, Vire...

Claire Voon is a Chicago-based freelance journalist, arts writer, and critic. She previously worked at Chicago magazine, where she was an assistant editor for its digital platform. Prior to that she...

Nicole Anderson Cobb, PhD, is a researcher, educator, activist, journalist, award-winning playwright and community volunteer. She grew up on Chicago's Southeast Side in the Calumet Heights community...

Henry Izaguirre has been within the world of journalism and its various aspects since he started at WGN-TV in the early 1990s. His bilingual and bicultural background has allowed him to excel within...

Olivia Cunningham is a freelance writer and digital content producer. She graduated from DePaul University with a double B.A. in Journalism and Communications & Media. As a two-time City Bureau...

Sarah Nardi is a journalist and writer from Chicago, Illinois. She has written extensively about arts and culture for publications in Chicago, New York, and California. Nardi spent four years as a...

Taylor Moore is a writer and journalist living in Chicago. She writes about cities, architecture, development, politics, social justice, and arts and culture. Her reporting has been featured in VICE...

Carlos Ballesteros is a journalist from Chicago. Starting in June 2020, Ballesteros joined Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago, as a staff reporter covering the criminal justice system...

Breanna Grow is a 2015 graduate of the School of Communication at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, where she reported for the student paper, The Vidette. After earning her Bachelor of...

Arionne Nettles is a lecturer at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. As a reporter and editor with experience in different mediums, her...

Karen Ackerman Witter started freelance writing after retiring from a 35-year career in Illinois State Government, which included 14 years as associate director of the Illinois State Museum, natural...