
Stephanie Lulay
Executive Editor and Co-Founder at Block Club Chicago
Co-founder + Executive Editor @BlockClubChi 📰 Former flames @DNAinfoChi @BeaconNews 🔥 Mom. I-L-L fan. The future of news is local. [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephanie Lulay
CHICAGO — Block Club Chicago, a nonprofit, reader-funded newsroom focused on Chicago’s neighborhoods, was nominated for 17 local journalism awards Friday. The Peter J. Lisagor Awards are presented by the Chicago Headline Club, the local branch of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Sep 19, 2024 |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephanie Lulay
CHICAGO — Maple Walker Lloyd, Block Club Chicago’s senior director of development, was named Nonprofit News Emerging Leader of the Year by the Institute for Nonprofit News at an award ceremony in Atlanta Wednesday night. INN’s annual Nonprofit News Awards celebrate the best journalism and best leaders in nonprofit news. The awards are open to the more than 450 newsrooms in the INN Network around the country. Walker Lloyd joined the Block Club team in 2019, a year after the newsroom’s founding.
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Aug 2, 2024 |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephanie Lulay
CHICAGO — Maple Walker Lloyd, Block Club Chicago’s senior director of development, is a finalist for the Institute for Nonprofit News’ Emerging Leader of the Year award, organizers announced Friday.
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May 16, 2024 |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephanie Lulay
CHICAGO — Sue Cross, the former CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit News and a trailblazer of the nonprofit news movement, has joined Block Club Chicago’s Board of Directors. An award-winning journalist and leading social entrepreneur, Cross advises journalists, philanthropists, investors and civic leaders on media development to save and reinvent public access to trusted journalism.
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Feb 26, 2024 |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephanie Lulay
John Russell, the tough, dedicated former city editor of the Aurora Beacon-News, unexpectedly died Thursday in his Rogers Park home. He was 72. Over 38 years, John climbed the ranks from intern to city editor at the paper, becoming its heart and soul. He’s also the man who taught me.
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