Chi-Town Daily News
Posted on 15. Apr, 2008 by robertson.adams
in 2007, Chicago, Geoff Dougherty
The Chi-Town Daily News will recruit and train a network of 75 citizen journalists – one in each Chicago neighborhood. The journalists will work with editors to produce a professional, comprehensive daily local news report.
Amount:
$ 340,000
Location:
Chicago, Ill.
Organization:
Chi-Town Daily News
Link:
Twitter Link:
Winner:
Geoff Dougherty
Bio:
Geoff Dougherty is the founding editor of ChiTownDailyNews.org and the CEO of its parent company, PublicMedia, Inc. He was an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune, and served in similar roles at the Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times. He has 14 years of journalism experience and has won numerous awards for his work. While at the Miami Herald, Dougherty played a key role in the newspaper’s effort to review, count and analyze discarded ballots from the 2000 presidential election. He is a graduate of Colorado College.