Ann Dwyer is editor of Crain’s Chicago Business, the first woman to hold that position in the history of the business publication. She also writes editorials for Crain’s, for which she has earned several Peter Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club. She has also won awards for reporting, editing, and headline writing from the Illinois Press Association, the Illinois Associated Press Editors Association, and the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. That multitalented approach is also reflected in her Daily Illini career, where she was reporter, campus editor, summer editor-in-chief, copy editor, slot, night editor, and managing editor.

WPGU News Director Madison Holcomb sits down with Dwyer to discuss her time at the Daily Illini and her career since then.

Read The Daily Illini's profile of Ann Dwyer here.

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Amara Enyia is an activist, lawyer, and public policy expert focused on supporting efforts that bring justice and equity to marginalized communities in Chicago and around the world. She ran for mayor of Chicago twice. She chairs an international human rights-centered working group that advocates at the United Nations and develops advocacy strategies for struggling cities and citizens on economic justice, criminal legal system reform, environmental justice, education equity, and other policy areas. Enyia served as editor in chief at the Daily Illini as an undergrad and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Education Policy and a law degree.

WPGU News Director Madison Holcomb sits down with Enyia to discuss her time at the Daily Illini and her career since then.

Read The Daily Illini's profile of Amara Enyia here.

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John J. Kim is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and the Oakland Tribune, among other publications. He earned the 2011 Pulitzer in local reporting as part of a team reporting on city homicides for the Sun-Times. Kim has worked for the Tribune since 2012, contributing daily coverage throughout the newspaper. He’s also captured numerous iconic sports photos for the paper, including images from the Chicago Cubs’ 2016 World Series run. During college, Kim, a 1997 graduate, was a Daily Illini photographer.

Read The Daily Illini's profile of John J. Kim here.

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