Andjela Padejski

1 month ago | wbez.org | Amy Qin |Andjela Padejski

On a bone-chilling day in early January, Letonia Robinson and her kids are inside, huddled around the kitchen table. They’re making cookies — specifically, princess- and snowman-shaped ones, explain Robinson’s daughters Juliana, 5, and Journey, 7. Meanwhile, her son Jaycee Riley, 8, is on dough-rolling duty, but he’s trying to sneak a few bites of the sweet, gooey concoction. “Don’t eat too much. It’ll make you sick,” Robinson reminds him.

Oct 22, 2024 | wbez.org | Amy Qin |Andjela Padejski |Alden Loury |Chip Mitchell

Landlords in the Chicago area are using real estate software made by a tech company that may be engaging in an illegal price-fixing scheme to drive up rents, according to a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit and a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court. RealPage, a Texas-based real estate technology company, allegedly feeds proprietary rent-pricing data into an algorithm that generates daily rent prices for landlords and property managers across the country.

Oct 22, 2024 | wbez.org | Andjela Padejski |Esther Yoon-Ji Kang |Jesse Howe |Ysa Quiballo

Andjela Padejski is an artist, designer, and developer with a passion for crafting captivating digital editorial experiences. Her background includes an MFA in Film, Video, New Media, and Animation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Media Studies and Computer Science from Wellesley College. Prior to joining WBEZ, Andjela worked at CalMatters, interned at Reveal and is committed to the work of non-profit journalism.

Aug 21, 2024 | wbez.org | Amy Qin |Esther Yoon-Ji Kang |Andjela Padejski

On the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, manufacturing jobs emerged as one of the central themes for many of the party’s speakers. Sen. Dick Durbin criticized former President Donald Trump for failing to deliver on his promises to bring back manufacturing in the United States. President Biden made similar remarks and praised the 800,000 manufacturing jobs added during the current administration. Are these numbers accurate?

Aug 1, 2024 | interactive.wbez.org | Matt Kiefer |Andjela Padejski

If you've ever wondered about policing patterns in your community, you can use this app as a reference. Traffic stops, the most common interaction between police and the public, have been a matter of public record in Illinois since 2004, when a state law began requiring police to log key details every time they pull over a car: the race of the driver, the reason for the stop, the outcome and many other points of info.