recipients<\/a> will be honored April 7.<\/p>\nHere is the text of Calhoun\u2019s memo to WBEZ staff:<\/strong><\/p>\nHi Everyone,<\/em>
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\nI\u2019m really excited to share another round of great news about our reporting staff.<\/em>
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\nIn a few weeks, Sarah Karp will be joining WBEZ.<\/em>
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\nSarah \u2013 who\u2019s known to a lot of folks in the building \u2013 is a remarkable journalist, and one of the most forceful investigative reporters in Chicago.<\/em>
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\nHer work started a cascade of events that ended with the federal indictment of Barbara Byrd-Bennett. She was Becky Vevea\u2019s partner in crime on last year\u2019s graduation rate reporting \u2013 reporting that lead CPS to admit its rates were inflated, and adjust them.<\/em>
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\nSarah\u2019s work prior to now \u2013 at the Daily Southtown, the Chicago Reporter, Catalyst, and the Better Government Association \u2013 is a long arc of awards, substance and impact.<\/em>
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\nSarah, and those who work with her, know that she is thoughtful, determined, and exceptionally talented. It goes without saying that the trajectory of her work aligns with the grain of our mission.<\/em>
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\nFor all of these reasons, we could not be more excited about her joining WBEZ, or about the work that she will do here as a journalist. Just personally, I\u2019m thrilled for us.<\/em>
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\nSarah\u2019s first day will be Monday February 29th.<\/em>
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\nBen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarah Karp, the renowned journalist whose investigative work led to the federal indictment of Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, has been hired as a reporter at Chicago Public Media WBEZ FM 91.5. Karp, who most recently has been senior investigator at the Better Government Association, will join the education reporting team at WBEZ February... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10421"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10429,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421\/revisions\/10429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}