Medill 2016 Draftcast
A Medill Sports Production The Medill 2016 Draftcast is a 30-minute show that takes viewers through the three-day 2016 NFL Draft that was held in downtown Chicago on April 28-30, 2016. [vimeo 165247445 w=474]
Medill Reports Newscast
By Torene Harvin Watch the Medill Reports News Update. This week our reporters take a closer look at homelessness in Chicago and we get an update on the Sox season so far. [vimeo 165453593 w=474] Photo at Top:Jessica Edgerton consoling a homeless man who was robbed of his sneakers. (Stephanie Golden /Medill Reports)
Raised in Chicago: West Side urban farm reaps aquaponics harvest
By H. Will Racke It’s 10:30 on a sunny morning in West Humboldt Park and time for Benjamin Kant to feed his fish. The 30-year-old entrepreneur scoops a bucket full of pellets and steps up to a five-foot tall blue tank teeming with hundreds of tilapia. Kant raises the bucket over the open tank and […]
A Safe Haven: Helping the Homeless Get Back on Track
By Chris Hayre A Safe Haven Foundation has spent 22 years helping Chicago’s homeless achieve self-sufficiency. One of their talented clients is Timothy, who, through the love of food, finds himself in a much different situation than the one he was in earlier this year. [vimeo 165325409 w=474]
Chicago rats — Are they friend or foe?
By Bian Elkhatib and Nikita Mandhani Chicago is getting rattier. There has been an increase in rat complaints, and the city blames the irresponsible attitude of citizens towards garbage disposal and dog feces. Chicago’s Bureau of Rodent Control is asking all residents to keep their garbage lids closed and to pick up after their dogs. […]
Chicago teens find confidants and confidence by putting pen to paper
By Elyse Samuels Chicago Public Library, along with several other sponsors, hosted Chi Teen Lit Fest in mid April. The first-ever event at the Harold Washington Library Center at Columbia College was planned by teenagers, who brainstormed and came up with a variety of workshops, panels and activities. The halls filled with teenagers discussing poetry, written narratives, […]
Korean War Veterans Join Honor Flight
By Patrick Martin, Brendan Hickey, Yunfei Zhao On April 13, Honor Flight Chicago took 101 veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the memorials commemorating their service. The program was developed to fly World War II Veterans from around the country to their memorial. This is the first flight from Chicago to include veterans of the […]
Central Camera is stocked with film, lenses, and 117 years of history
By Kat Lonsdorf and Raquel Zaldivar Don Flesch greets every customer that comes into Central Camera Company with a cookie. He’ll list them all for you if you need help choosing one: oatmeal raisin, dried cherry, chocolate chip, vanilla. He’ll help you choose camera equipment the same way, making sure you know all your options […]
Vikings’ Laquon Treadwell makes new friends, learns to play checkers on draft day
By Hannah Gebresilassie From visiting patients in the a.m. to getting drafted in the p.m., Laquon Treadwell had an “emotional rollercoaster” on draft day. Treadwell spent the morning visiting patients at Shriners Hospital for Children – Chicago on April 28. There he made two new friends, 8-year-old Sheila Bourke and 10-year-old Katie Kuehn, who taught […]
NFL Draft 2016: The memories in pictures
By Hannah Gebresilassie and Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram The 2016 NFL Draft came to an end, but the memories are still fresh. From Ezekiel Elliott’s selfie with Commissioner Roger Goodell to the first European player to be drafted in the NFL straight from the European league, the three-day event had it all. Here are some pictures […]