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Let’s start the week by celebrating our 2026 #SarahBrownBoydenAward finalists! Congrats to everyone! Our judges were blown away!
Find out who will win at our 87th Anniversary Awards Ceremony FRIDAY, NOV. 13! Full list of finalists and their work on our website, linked below!
Also, don't forget to get your tickets before they're gone! We'll see you FRIDAY, NOV. 13!
chicagojournalists.net/2026/…
🚨 Attention, Chicago journalists! Please help us in congratulating our 2026 #DorothyStorckAward finalists!
🔷 @francialgh, of @BlockClubCHI
🔷 @ChristyGutowsk1 , of the @chicagotribune
🔷 Mary Wisniewski, freelance for @newcity
Find out who will win on FRIDAY, NOV. 13!
Don't forget to get your tickets to see which of these talented journalists will take home the first place $1000 prize at CJA's 87th Anniversary Awards Ceremony next month, presented by the @FieldFoundation. eventbrite.com/e/cjas-87th-a…
Raised in Little Village, Pratt was a key part of the Chicago Tribune's Pulitzer Prize-winning Midway Blitz coverage. His reporting has exposed wrongful convictions, police misconduct and fraud. He has also reported for the Phoenix New Times, Minneapolis City Pages and Hoy.
CJA will soon announce finalists for the prestigious Sarah Brown Boyden Awards and the Dorothy Storck Award. Secure your tickets to the awards ceremony today! eventbrite.com/e/cjas-87th-a…
A Chicago native, Trotter spent two decades at WMAQ-TV, NBC 5 Chicago, as a feature reporter covering Arts and Culture and events and regular contributor to NBC 5’s "Making a Difference" segments. She also worked for WBBM Newsradio 780, Fox News Chicago, and WGN Radio.
Trotter and Pratt will be honored at CJA’s 87th anniversary awards ceremony, presented by the @FieldFoundation, on Friday, November 13 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Newberry Library. CJA is grateful to the Field Foundation and Press Forward Chicago for their support.
Chicago journalists, join us in congratulating this year's Lifetime Achievement Award and Chicago Journalist of the Year winners, longtime NBC 5 Chicago reporter LeeAnn Trotter and the Chicago Tribune's Gregory Royal Pratt respectively!
CJA is proud to announce headliners for our 87th anniversary awards ceremony, presented by the @FieldFoundation. Our emcee is CJA’s 2025 Chicago Journalist of the Year, Jake Wittich, and our keynote speaker is Borderless Magazine editor-at-large, Nissa Rhee!
CJA will soon announce finalists for the prestigious Sarah Brown Boyden Awards and the Dorothy Storck Award, along with the recipients of CJA’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award and Chicago Journalist of the Year.
Buy your tickets today: bit.ly/cjaawards2026
#JOURNALISTS! The FINAL deadline for our annual #DorothyStorckAward & #SarahBrownBoydenAwards is TONIGHT! We’ll accept entries until 11:59 p.m.!
🔹 $75/entry
🔹 Students: $25/entry
➡️ Find the links to submit your work on our website: chicagojournalists.net/cja-a…
Chicago journalists! Don't miss the final deadline to enter the Chicago Journalists Association's prestigious annual awards this Friday, Oct. 2! There's a total of $1,500 in award winnings at stake and we'd love to see your work!
Please learn more about each contest on our website. Award winners will be announced during our 87th Anniversary Awards Ceremony on FRIDAY, NOV. 13. Tickets are now available. Many thanks to Press Forward Chicago for supporting our event! chicagojournalists.net/cja-a…
Hello, CJA community! There's only ONE WEEK left to enter the Chicago Journalists Association's prestigious annual fall awards by next Friday, Oct. 2 — with a total of $1,500 in award winnings at stake! Don't miss out on the chance to submit your work!
Additionally, tickets for the awards ceremony on Friday, Nov. 13 are now on sale, if you'd like to get yours early, and we're also proud to announced @PressForward Chicago as one of our event sponsors!
We look forward to seeing your submissions! chicagojournalists.net/cja-a…
🚨 Attention Chicago journalists! A reminder that today is your LAST CHANCE to submit your work to the Chicago Journalist Association's annual awards contest before the early bird deadline passes and costs to submit rise.
Don’t miss out on our early bird deadline, tonight at 11:59 P.M. CST! Save $25 per entry to the prestigious Sarah Brown Boyden and Dorothy Storck awards! Find links to submit on the CJA website! chicagojournalists.net/cja-a…
Thank you to everyone who attended last week's Chicago Journalism Unity Picnic, one of the best attended in its history! It was an amazing evening seeing journalists from all across our city gather to celebrate our community's diversity and the necessary work we do.
And an additional thank you to Ronit Bezalel, ronitbezphotography.com, for photographing last week's event as well.
