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"The State of Black Media"
Residents' Journal was one of the topics discussed by four of the nation's most prominent African American journalists on this award-winning Chicago Public Radio show.
2/19/07 "848" radio show on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio 91.5 FM

"Month In Review"
Listen to Residents' Journal Publisher Ethan Michaeli on the Steve Edwards Show for a wide-ranging conversation about cuts to Cook County's services to the poor, the presidential aspirations of Ill. Senator Barack Obama and the troubles facing the Chicago Police Department.
2/23/07 "848" radio show on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio 91.5 FM

"Scoop in the Loop: This generation's MLK Jr."
A Former Residents' Journal intern's article comparing Residents' Journal Assistant Editor Beauty Turner's accomplishments to civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
2/5/07 Columbia Chronicle Online Edition
by Jennifer Zimmerman

"Justice Talking"
Listen to Residents' Journal Editor-in-Chief Mary C. Johns talking about her life as a public housing resident in the city of Chicago.
1/26/07 National Public Radio Online Edition

"One strike and you're out"
Article on Chicago public housing eviction policy, featuring comments from Residents' Journal Editor-in-Chief Mary C. Johns.
11/1/06 Columbia Chronicle Online Edition
by Jennifer Zimmerman

"In Chicago, Demise Of Housing Projects Is Hard on a Paper"
Article on the Residents' Journal staff and how the paper is changing to adapt to its relocating readership as a result of the Plan for Transformation.
01/26/06 Wall Street Journal Online
by Jonathon Eig

"Chicago Hustles"
Features Residents' Journal columnist Cenabeth Cross as a source. Cenabeth also produced the documentary.
4/28/05 Chicago Public Radio

Town hall meeting attacks CHA's "deadly moves"
9/9/04 Chicago Defender
by James G. Muhammad

Life can be more dangerous outside the projects
9/9/04 Chicago Sun-Times
by Mark Brown

Light bills a heavy load for CHA residents
7/18/04 Chicago Sun-Times
by Mark Brown

Residents' Journal: Voices need amplification
5/15/00 Chicago Tribune
by Salim Muwakkil

Read the transcript of Ron Feemster's piece on the Urban Youth International Journalism Program that he produced for WNYC radio in New York. You can also listen it by clicking here.
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