Sunday, May 19, 2013
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Alexandra M. Schwappach
  • For Chicago bungalow owners, one stolen gutter can mean a historic loss
  • Clock ticking to submit top cop applications
  • Don't be an easy target: Safety tips for city dwellers
  • Interviews begin for police superintendent
  • National conference coaches police on social media
  • Self-defense isn’t merely physical, it’s also psychological
  • When two or more (thousand) are gathered, the name of the game is keeping people safe
  • When bullies go online, targets are constant, continuous victims
  • Overdose on heroin? Drug that brings you back is becoming easier to obtain
  • Community activist wants to give a cop a home in North Lawndale
  • Another outsider, but some community activists say they’re ready to work with him
  • Do you know who your online friends are? They could be the law
  • Some look for a little street cred in the next police chief
  • Looking for a job? Hope you don't have any prior convictions
  • Violent beaches mar arrival of warm weather
schwappach@u.northwestern.edu
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Alexandra is currently the Community Safety Beat Reporter for Urban Issues Reporting at the Medill News Service.  In 2010, she graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and minors in French and English. During her undergraduate studies she wrote for several publications including The Daily Evergreen, U4U Magazine, and The Spokesman-Review.