Chicago couple gives followers delicious date recommendations
By Julie Kang Medill Reports Michael Loumeau bit into the sprinkle-covered Birthday Cake doughnut he and his girlfriend bought from Beacon Doughnuts, a shop located in a Lincoln Park alley. He immediately fell in love and decided to film a clip to post on TikTok, eager to show off the hidden gem. The video got […]
Road to the U.S.: A Honduras refugee mother makes a new life in Chicago with help of local charity groups
By Hazel Tang Medill Reports For Maria, her road to the United States as a refugee was rocky. As a mother of two kids, she escaped from the children’s abusive father in Honduras and from human trafficking activities in Mexico, and finally crossed the border into the U.S. With the help of local charity groups, […]
Third-generation milliner hopes to preserve practice
By Allison Schatz Medill Reports For centuries, wearing a hat had been both a practical and aesthetic choice. But millinery saw a sharp decline in the 1960s for a variety of reasons, and for half a century, the trade largely died off. But recently a small group of master milliners have been teaching the art […]
Parent activism over remote schooling highlights inequities in the Chicago area
Christopher Vazquez Medill Reports Parents and medical professionals are sounding the alarm on mental health concerns for children and teenagers during the pandemic. This has led some, like Evanston pediatrician and mother Dr. Valerie Kimball, to advocate for resuming in-person learning. Meanwhile, others like Chicago activist and father Joseph Williams are calling for greater resources […]
Covid-19 long haulers struggle one year later
By Emilie Zuhowski Medill Reports Some covid-19 long haulers from around the country are still dealing with debilitating symptoms that have changed their lives. To find hope and search for answers, many have turned to social media. Emilie Zuhowski is a video and broadcast reporter at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter @EmilieZuhowski.
College athletes given one last change in spring
By Brandon Rudy Medill Reports On March 12, 2020, the sporting world came to a halt due to COVID-19. This led many seniors all over the country to believe their careers could suddenly be over. A month later they were granted one last opportunity, and they are soaking it all in this spring. Brandon Rudy […]
Chicago residents go the distance in search of a vaccine
By Cameron Bopp Medill Reports Mass vaccination sites are quickly beginning to open across the country, but smaller sites are struggling to provide Americans with a reliable scheduling process. Some Chicago residents are going to great lengths to help one another out in their search for a vaccine appointment. Cameron Bopp video/broadcast reporter at Medill. […]
Murals donated to St. Francis de Sales High School make media center ‘alive again’
By: Rodricka Taylor Medill Reports St. Francis de Sales high school received a donation of the Black Lives Matter murals for the school’s library and media center and placed them on the second floor. Rabbi Michael Ben Yosef and artist Shannon Evans created the murals in October near Millennium Park to honor the anniversary of […]
Asian Americans fight racism and struggle to redefine their identity
By Ester Wells Medill Reports View this story as an Adobe Spark multimedia production. Russell Jeung stood in the checkout line at a sporting goods store in Alameda, California, and glanced over at his 16-year-old son Matthew standing beside him. It was mid-March in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were buying […]
Lack of internet connections deepen inequity in education and health care during COVID-19
By Liam Bohen-Meissner Medill Reports Access to virtual education and telehealth underscore the digital divide in Chicago and elsewhere exacerbated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. When coupled with limited in-person activity, a lack of broadband internet potentially forces millions of students to fall behind in school and millions of people to forgo medical […]