FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 8, 2025chiheadlineclub@gmail.com The Chicago Headline Club and other local media outlets and organizations hailed a victory from a federal judge for upholding the right for journalists to do their jobs without facing unprovoked attacks from federal agents. The club took legal action following multiple examples of federal agents assaulting [...]| Chicago Headline Club
CHCF’s Essential Equipment Fund helps Chicago-area journalists stay safe while reporting protests and public events. Apply and support today.| Chicago Headline Club
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 6, 2025chiheadlineclub@gmail.com The Chicago Headline Club has joined a coalition of media organizations seeking legal action to stop federal attacks on journalists in Broadview, Illinois. The lawsuit, which also includes clergy and individual protesters, calls for protection of First Amendment rights. Our focus is on press freedom. The targeting of reporters and [...]| Chicago Headline Club
Protester in cloud of chemical spray in Broadview — Chicago Tribune photo By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Immigrants in America, once a haven for such people, are now targets of federal crackdowns ordered by the Trump administration in sometime violent sweeps by masked and unidentified men. The mass [...]| Chicago Headline Club
Whether you’re job hunting, building your network, or just figuring out your next steps, this event is for you. Join the Chicago Headline Club for a day of career development, peer connection, and newsroom access. (And yes, there will be light bites and beverages!) RSVP for today for the Friday, October [...]| Chicago Headline Club
ece/emory.edu image By Casey Bukro and Hugh Miller Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Brian, a freelance journalist, called AdviceLine with a timely and hot-button question: How far should journalists go in using artificial intelligence bots like ChatGPT — an ethics and legal quagmire still taking shape? Transformative technology like artificial intelligence [...]| Chicago Headline Club
The Chicago Headline Club and the Chicago Headline Club Foundation are on the hunt for the next Les Brownlee Memorial Scholarship recipient, and it could be you or someone you know. We will award $5,000 to one exceptional undergraduate journalism student in Illinois.| Chicago Headline Club
The Chicago Headline Club Foundation annually awards two grants to fund internships at not-for-profit print, broadcast, or online media organizations in the Chicago area.| Chicago Headline Club
quillmag.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The Society of Professional Journalists has had a love/hate relationship with its own code of ethics for a long time. It loves being praised for having a code of ethics that is admired by professional journalists and considered a “gold standard” [...]| Chicago Headline Club
The finalists for the 2023 Peter Lisagor Awards, represent some of the best journalism produced in Illinois and northwest Indiana from across print, digital, and broadcast media. Our thanks to everyone who submitted nominations for consideration. Entries were judged by an out-of-state SPJ chapter. Award recipients will be announced at [...]| Chicago Headline Club
