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Windy City Times' publisher earns two journalism honors
2014-05-02

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Windy City Times publisher Tracy Baim was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Headline Club, a mainstream journalism organization that honors the best in Chicago journalism at their annual Peter Lisagor Awards. Veteran broadcast journalists Bill Kurtis and Karen Meyer were the other Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. Dozens of other awards were also presented for journalism work from 2013. Baim received a Lisagor Award for her editorials about marriage equality in Illinois.

Pictured: Bill Kurtis and Tracy Baim. Photo by Hal Baim

Video: Tacy Baim Chicago Headline Club Lifetime Achievement Award www.youtube.com/watch .



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