WTTW brings first-person perspectives to homelessness coverage
The multimedia platform initiative Firsthand responds to a “critical moment” in efforts to address housing insecurity in Chicago.
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Comings and goings: PBS Kids hires a VP, 'NewsHour' names a new White House correspondent …
Adriano Schmid will join PBS Kids as VP of content, and Laura Barrón-López will report for “PBS NewsHour.”
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WTTW 'Firsthand' series looks at segregation in Chicago and the toll it takes on the region and its people
Segregation cost the region $4.4 billion in lost income, 83,000 fewer bachelor’s degrees, and about 200 lives cut short by homicides every year, said one report.
Source: chicagotribune.com
Constable: Suburban cops help Zion felon make up for lost time
Updated 1/17/2021 12:28 PM The first car he stole at age 13, the drug dealer he shot, the $25,000 worth of baby formula he stole to pay for his heroin addiction, the years he spent behind bars -- all of that is in the past for 27-year-old Zion native Gary Ladehoff. That's because of the help he got from two suburban police officers, a Hainesville couple and his older sister, says Ladehoff, who tells his remarkable story in WTTW's ambitious digital series, "Firsthand: Living in Poverty," which becomes available Monday at WTTW.com/firsthand. "It's crazy. I would have never thought I'd be abl...
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