Building an Impactful & Award-Winning Journalism Career

Join the Chicago Journalists Association for an engaging panel discussion about Building an Impactful & Award-Winning Journalism Career.

The event will feature the four most recent grand prize winners of the prestigious Dorothy Storck Award:

• Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica (2023 winner)
• Brandis Friedman, WTTW (2025 winner)
• Ismael Pérez, Investigative Project on Race and Equity (2022 winner)
• Nell Salzman, The New York Times, Local Investigations Fellow (2024 winner)

The event will be moderated by Deborah Douglas, senior lecturer and founding director of the Midwest Solutions Journalism Hub at Northwestern University (2021 winner). Pizza and refreshments will be provided thanks to the generosity of event sponsor Northwestern University, Medill, Local News Accelerator.

The Dorothy Storck Award is named for the late syndicated newspaper columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner who passed away in August 2015 and honors journalists who share Storck’s dedication, impact and commitment to craft.

Historically, the award honored the best of the best in commentary/op-ed, but CJA revised the contest to honor the best work produced by a woman, trans, femme or nonbinary (WTFNB) journalist in the Chicagoland area. This focus further highlights Storck, a longtime CJA member, as a trailblazer, serving as a U.S. Air Force squadron commander and holding the rank of major before becoming a journalist.

Storck’s family and her partner, former University of Illinois at Chicago political science professor Dick Simpson, established the annual award in 2017.

The event is FREE for CJA members. Memberships start at $15: https://chicagojournalists.net/donations/

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