{"id":96351,"date":"2021-05-27T16:27:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=96351"},"modified":"2021-05-27T16:27:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:27:31","slug":"owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Madison Williams<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

As a 9-year-old boy, Michael Gartner accompanied his father to his first minor league baseball game in 1947 in his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines Bruins had begun their affiliation with the Chicago Cubs that year.<\/p>\n

Fifty-two years later, after working at The Wall Street Journal, acting as president of NBC News and winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1997, Gartner decided to buy his hometown team, now known as the Iowa Cubs, the Cubs\u2019 official Triple-A team. Buying the Cubs allowed Gartner to not only return to his beloved hometown, but it also brought back a love of sports that Gartner had from his childhood. He was now able to share that love of baseball with his community.<\/p>\n

Gartner became a well-known and admired figure in the Des Moines community over the course of 22 years of being a majority owner and chairman of the team. He can be seen talking to fans during almost every game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call it his job, he calls it his habit,\u201d President and general manager of the Iowa Cubs Sam Bernabe said. \u201cHe loves coming to the stadium. He is easily the organization\u2019s biggest baseball fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

When he left NBC News, Gartner headed straight to Ames, Iowa, where he was the editor of The Ames Tribune. He stayed there until the opportunity to buy the Iowa Cubs arose. The boy who loved going to Des Moines Bruins games as a kid could now return to the ballpark to cheer on the Iowa Cubs whenever he desired.<\/p>\n

Gartner\u2019s father was a sportswriter, and he came from a baseball-loving family. He said he thought buying the Iowa Cubs would be a new way to connect with his family, and he thanked his father, who lived to be 102 years old, for giving him the essential skills he needed in a life of journalism and now sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father only made me do two things in his entire life. One was to learn how to type, and the other was to keep a box score. And they\u2019re the only two skills I\u2019ve ever really needed,\u201d Gartner said.<\/p>\n

Iowa Cubs fans quickly got to know Gartner as he attended almost every game and interacted with the crowd.<\/p>\n

Loyal Iowa Cubs fan Steve Elsberry first interacted with Gartner when he spontaneously spoke to Elsberry\u2019s chapter of Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) after their guest speaker did not show up. Gartner quickly agreed to stepping in as their speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came in and spoke to us, and he\u2019s just a great extemporaneous speaker. That\u2019s how I first got to know him,\u201d Elsberry said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if he knows me by name, but I know he knows me by sight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gartner also found time to interact with the younger fans at the games. One of his rituals was to steal baseballs out of the dugout so he could throw them to kids in the stands who brought baseball gloves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next day I\u2019d get an email or something, and some man says, \u2018You don\u2019t know me, but you gave a ball to my son last night and he slept with it under his pillow,\u2019\u201d Gartner said.<\/p>\n

But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, causing the minor league baseball season to be canceled, Gartner could no longer go to Principal Park. At 82, he had to be careful since he was now considered high-risk for the virus. He lives across the street from the field, which served as a constant reminder of how baseball was not happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking over and seeing this place empty with no baseball or anything, it was just kind of a downer,\u201d Gartner said.<\/p>\n

The pandemic was difficult for every working individual in America, but Gartner wanted to make sure his employees did not have to worry. He kept every full-time employee on staff with full pay and benefits, costing the franchise around $4 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made the decision, and he made it right away,\u201d Bernabe said. \u201cHe never wavered, he never said \u2018All right, let me think about it.\u2019 In the moment it looked like the season wasn\u2019t going to happen at all, he said, \u2018We\u2019re going to keep everybody.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice President and assistant general manager Randy Wehofer added that because the Iowa Cubs were able to keep all of their employees, it made the transition to returning to baseball in 2021 much easier because the staff already knew their roles and responsibilities.<\/p>\n

During the year off, Gartner kept Wehofer busy by giving him the task of auditing the organization to see what they could be doing differently. Wehofer ended up making a 40-slide presentation to highlight trends and offer new ideas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used that time 20 years into the ownership and 40 years into the relationship with the Cubs in the middle of the pandemic to say, \u2018What can we do better now that we have time to think about it instead of thinking about tomorrow\u2019s game?\u2019\u201d Wehofer said. \u201cEven in the pandemic, there was vision for where we were headed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pandemic forced Gartner to change the way he interacts with attendees compared with the way he normally would due to social distancing and limited ticket sales, but he said he is grateful the ballpark is no longer empty. During opening week, dozens of fans approached Gartner and thanked him for reopening the park.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of them come up to me and say, \u2018Thanks, it\u2019s so great to be back,\u2019 and I take all credit and I say, \u2018Yeah, I was out mowing the field this afternoon and then I printed the tickets off,\u2019\u201d Gartner said.<\/p>\n

Scott Sailor, a ticket operations employee who jokes he could write Gartner\u2019s biography one day, replied saying \u201cthat may not have happened\u201d to Gartner\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n

Although Gartner might not be mowing the grass or printing off the tickets, he does help run the ballpark smoothly. With no thoughts of retiring soon, Gartner said he hopes fans in attendance have fun when they come to Principal Park. And if he can help with making that happen, he will do whatever it takes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a character,\u201d Bernabe said. \u201cHe\u2019s 82 and going strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madison Williams is a sports reporter at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at <\/i>@madisonwsports.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Madison Williams Medill Reports As a 9-year-old boy, Michael Gartner accompanied his father to his first minor league baseball game in 1947 in his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines Bruins had begun their affiliation with the Chicago Cubs that year. Fifty-two years later, after working at The Wall Street Journal, acting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":734,"featured_media":96353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[452,5135,31,5092],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyond-chicago","category-iowa-minor-league-baseball-2021","category-sports","category-spring-2021"],"yoast_head":"\nOwner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Madison Williams Medill Reports As a 9-year-old boy, Michael Gartner accompanied his father to his first minor league baseball game in 1947 in his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines Bruins had begun their affiliation with the Chicago Cubs that year. Fifty-two years later, after working at The Wall Street Journal, acting […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-27T21:27:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/IMG_8660.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"madisonwilliams2021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"madisonwilliams2021\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"madisonwilliams2021\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dcef2998bd0b798cf52a6a3299350cff\"},\"headline\":\"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-27T21:27:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1070,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.amazonaws.com\\\/medill.wordpress.offload\\\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/IMG_8660.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Beyond Chicago\",\"Iowa Minor League Baseball 2021\",\"Sports\",\"Spring 2021\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/\",\"name\":\"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans - Medill Reports Chicago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.amazonaws.com\\\/medill.wordpress.offload\\\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/IMG_8660.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-27T21:27:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dcef2998bd0b798cf52a6a3299350cff\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.amazonaws.com\\\/medill.wordpress.offload\\\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/IMG_8660.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.amazonaws.com\\\/medill.wordpress.offload\\\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/IMG_8660.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Michael Gartner, majority owner and chairman of the Iowa Cubs, sits in the stands at Principal Park to enjoy the game on May 7, 2021.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/\",\"name\":\"Medill Reports Chicago\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dcef2998bd0b798cf52a6a3299350cff\",\"name\":\"madisonwilliams2021\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaf5febc67cea00d0d2fbe27e2c771006cd9aa3645ca5ed09132b4cd6400b3be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaf5febc67cea00d0d2fbe27e2c771006cd9aa3645ca5ed09132b4cd6400b3be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaf5febc67cea00d0d2fbe27e2c771006cd9aa3645ca5ed09132b4cd6400b3be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"madisonwilliams2021\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/author\\\/madisonwilliams2021\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans - Medill Reports Chicago","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans - Medill Reports Chicago","og_description":"By Madison Williams Medill Reports As a 9-year-old boy, Michael Gartner accompanied his father to his first minor league baseball game in 1947 in his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines Bruins had begun their affiliation with the Chicago Cubs that year. Fifty-two years later, after working at The Wall Street Journal, acting […]","og_url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/","og_site_name":"Medill Reports Chicago","article_published_time":"2021-05-27T21:27:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/IMG_8660.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"madisonwilliams2021","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"madisonwilliams2021","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/"},"author":{"name":"madisonwilliams2021","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/dcef2998bd0b798cf52a6a3299350cff"},"headline":"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans","datePublished":"2021-05-27T21:27:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/"},"wordCount":1070,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/IMG_8660.jpg","articleSection":["Beyond Chicago","Iowa Minor League Baseball 2021","Sports","Spring 2021"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/","name":"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans - Medill Reports Chicago","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/IMG_8660.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-27T21:27:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/dcef2998bd0b798cf52a6a3299350cff"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/IMG_8660.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/IMG_8660.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Michael Gartner, majority owner and chairman of the Iowa Cubs, sits in the stands at Principal Park to enjoy the game on May 7, 2021."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/owner-of-iowa-cubs-finds-new-ways-to-interact-with-des-moines-fans\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Owner of Iowa Cubs finds new ways to interact with Des Moines fans"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/","name":"Medill Reports Chicago","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/dcef2998bd0b798cf52a6a3299350cff","name":"madisonwilliams2021","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaf5febc67cea00d0d2fbe27e2c771006cd9aa3645ca5ed09132b4cd6400b3be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaf5febc67cea00d0d2fbe27e2c771006cd9aa3645ca5ed09132b4cd6400b3be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaf5febc67cea00d0d2fbe27e2c771006cd9aa3645ca5ed09132b4cd6400b3be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"madisonwilliams2021"},"url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/madisonwilliams2021\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96364,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96351\/revisions\/96364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}