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“Jarrett for Cabinet Role?”
Ethan Michaeli, Publisher of Residents’ Journal and Executive Director of We The People Media, was featured on Politico.com in reporter Chris Frates’ article “Jarrett for Cabinet Role?”
11/14/08 Politico.com

“USA Road Show"
Mary C. Johns, We The People Media's deputy executive director and Residents' Journal's Editor-in-Chief, was interviewed by Tanja Huutonen, a television reporter from MTV3 in Finland. The interview, which included Mary, her mother, Aysha M. Youngblood-Moses, and her youngest son, Armando, was part of the “USA Road Show” program, in which Tanya interviewed Americans from Florida, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Red Cloud, Chicago and New York about their opinions of the McCain vs. Obama presidential campaign.
10/08/08 MTV3

“Mixed income community to be built at former Taylor Homes site.”
Ethan Michaeli was featured as part of WLS TV reporter Leah Hope’s story about the mixed income developments planned for the Robert Taylor Homes site.
5/21/08 WLS TV

"Speaking Truth: A Town Hall Meeting On Violence,"
Ethan Michaeli and Mary C. Johns, Residents’ Journal’s Publisher and Editor-in-Chief respectively, were both featured as part of a town hall meeting on violence, hosted by CBS 2 and WBBM Newsradio 780.
5/12/08 CBS 2

"CHA Public Comment Period Ends"
Mary C. Johns, Deputy Executive Director of We The People Media and Editor-in-Chief of Residents’ Journal talking about CHA's new work rules for public housing residents.
04/16/08 WBEZ radio

"Who speaks for public housing residents?"
Mary C. Johns, We The People Media's Deputy Executive Director and Residents' Journal's Editor-in-Chief speaks about the tenant council's fight to represent and serve public housing residents.
01/08/08 Vocalo.org

"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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