Waitress Daryl Misrac balances work at The Grand Central with other jobs and school. (Photo by Jillian Wolande)
Serving the late-night bar crowd can test anyone’s limits. But Daryl Misrac not only waitresses at Lincoln Park bar The Grand Central, she also works at a boutique and studies stenography at the College of Court Reporting.
ChicagoStorytelling’s Jillian Wolande interviewed her about about maintaining a work-life balance around-the-clock.
Posted in Chicago, Entertainment, Food, Streets, Uncategorized
Tagged Chicago, College of Court Reporting, Daryl Misrac, Lincoln Park, The Grand Central
Huey the cat relaxes inside the Red Door Animal Shelter in Rogers Park. Huey was rescued years ago and has become the shelter's unofficial mascot. (Photo Courtesy of the Red Door Animal Shelter)
By Katie Karpowicz
If not for the Red Door Animal Shelter in Rogers Park, Huey the cat’s future may not have been so bright.
Since its start in 1998, the Red Door Animal Shelter has been dedicated to giving homeless animals in Chicago, like Huey, a different kind of shelter experience.
Huey was severely abused as a kitten and, as a result, suffers neurological damage. The cat has no control over his hind legs, tail and bladder.
Huey was brought to Red Door as a kitten. He has lived at the shelter ever since. Red Door employees estimate that the cat is now between 8 and 10 years old. The extra care that he requires makes it hard to find a home for Huey said employees at Red Door.
Posted in Advocacy, Chicago, Streets, Uncategorized
Laura Washington (Courtesy Photo)
ChicagoStorytelling’s Kevin Dempsey talked with Washington about her column in the Chicago Sun-Times, how she once resisted the move to blogging, and how reporting fundamentals must still drive good journalism, regardless of the platform.
Posted in Chicago, media, News, Uncategorized
Tagged Chicago Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times, DePaul University, journalism, Kevin Dempsey, Laura Washington
Jeff Dickerson of Chicago's ESPN 1000-AM (Courtesy Photo)
ChicagoStorytelling’s Sam Kraft talked with Dickerson about reporting on the Bears in a football-crazed city and how he incorporates social media into his daily coverage.
Audio: Dickerson offers advice for aspiring sports journalists.
Audio: Dickerson talks about what it takes to do his job.
Posted in Chicago, media, News, sports, Uncategorized
Tagged Chicago Bears, espn, ESPNChicago, Jeff Dickerson, media, NFL, Sam Kraft, sports
Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid made their presentations to the International Olympic Committee Friday in Copenhagen.
Chicago, the first city to present, counted heavily on presentations by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. [DePaulia coverage from sports editor Pat Flynn in Copenhagen. Read his Twitter feed]
Watch video of the presentation on WGN TV. DePaul University journalism professor Mike Conklin is co-anchoring CBS-2 Chicago’slive coverage, starting at 9 a.m.
The IOC begins several rounds of voting at 10:10 a.m. Central Time on Friday. The city with the lowest vote total is eliminated in each round, until a winner is determined. The announcement is expected to be made at 11:57 a.m. Central Time and will be broadcast live at an event in Daley Plaza.
Posted in Chicago, News, Olympics, sports, Uncategorized
Tagged Chicago, Chicago 2016, Olympics
|
