{"id":10815,"date":"2016-03-17T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=10815"},"modified":"2016-03-17T06:21:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T11:21:08","slug":"robservations-carol-marins-life-or-death-story-inspires-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/03\/17\/robservations-carol-marins-life-or-death-story-inspires-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Carol Marin\u2019s life-or-death story inspires play"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Carol<\/a>

<\/a> Carol Marin<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

An Off-Broadway play inspired by legendary Chicago journalist Carol Marin\u2019s<\/strong> interviews with a former Death Row inmate is getting rave reviews<\/a>\u00a0in New York. \"Natural Life,\u201d<\/a> written by Eduardo Ivan Lopez,<\/strong> recounts how the reporter (renamed Rita Hathaway) brought to light the shocking abuse suffered by Guinevere Garcia<\/strong> (renamed Claire McGreely) before she murdered her husband and daughter. Marin\u2019s stories prompted Governor Jim Edgar<\/strong> to commute Garcia\u2019s death sentence hours before her scheduled execution in January 1996. \u201cI think they honored Guin\u2019s truth,\u201d Marin said of the play, which she saw earlier this month. \u201cThey raise truly serious questions, because there are so many people in prison \u2014 men and women \u2014 who have been sexually abused by family members and whose lives are utterly warped as a result.\u201d Added Marin: \u201cIt certainly is strange to sit in an audience and watch someone play you onstage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Brant<\/a>

Brant Miller<\/p><\/div>\n

Viewers who tuned in to 10 p.m. newscasts for primary election coverage Tuesday may have felt like victims of a bait-and-switch. I know I did. Instead of wall-to-wall election results, local stations opted for overkill on weather reporting, prompted by a tornado warning in Kankakee County. (No touchdowns were confirmed Tuesday night.) News seekers seethed<\/a> on social media. The Nielsen totals: From 10 to 10:30 p.m. ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7<\/a> led with a 9.2 rating (319,718 households), followed by NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 <\/a>with an 8.9 rating (309,292 households), Tribune Media WGN-Channel 9<\/a> with a 3.8 rating (132,057 households), CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 <\/a>with a 3.3 rating (114,681 households), and Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32 <\/a>with a 1.2 rating (41,702 households). NBC 5 won big among viewers between 25 and 54.<\/p>\n

\"Terri<\/a>

Terri Hemmert<\/p><\/div>\n

Colleagues at WXRT FM 93.1 <\/a>honored Terri Hemmert<\/strong> Wednesday on her 40 years at the CBS Radio adult album alternative station. \u201cIt's actually 43, but who's counting?\u201d she laughed. \u201cI was on the all-night shift then so I probably slept through the first three years anyway.\u201d The legendary midday personality and Radio Hall of Famer will host \u201cThe History of Rock and Soul,\u201d<\/a> a series of concerts by Chicago A Cappella, <\/a>based on the popular college course Hemmert has taught for decades. The series starts April 15 in Oak Park, with subsequent venues in Evanston, Chicago and Naperville. For tickets: chicagoacappella.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mark<\/a>

Mark Bazer<\/p><\/div>\n

Good news for fans of Mark Bazer:<\/strong> The host of \u201cThe Interview Show\u201d<\/a> on the first Friday of every month at the Hideout <\/a>for the last eight years, is coming to television. Starting April 8, \u201cThe Interview Show\u201d will air at 8:30 p.m. Fridays (following \u201cCheck, Please!\u201d) on Window to the World Communications WTTW-Channel 11. <\/a>Bazer also is a freelance writer and an editorial director for Leo Burnett. Earlier he co-hosted \u201cMy Chicago,\u201d WTTW\u2019s weekly talk show on wheels, with Odette Yousef.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rummana<\/a>

Rummana Hussain and Mick Dumke<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s love in bloom, as Kup<\/strong> used to say, for two of the best journalists in town. Sun-Times<\/a> reporters\u00a0Rummana Hussain<\/strong> and Mick Dumke<\/strong>\u00a0announced their engagement Thursday. \u201cEven though it's been official for awhile, it's safe to say it's \u2018official\u2019 official now,\u201d Hussain told Facebook<\/a> friends. \u201cWe're excited to celebrate with a few dear ones next month and our closest 500-600 friends in August \u2014 the Indian way.\u201d Added <\/a>Dumke: \u201cThe news is breaking and I'm thrilled to confirm it: The beautiful Rummana Hussain and I are getting married next month. Yes, it's fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: An Off-Broadway play inspired by legendary Chicago journalist Carol Marin\u2019s interviews with a former Death Row inmate is getting rave reviews\u00a0in New York. \"Natural Life,\u201d written by Eduardo Ivan Lopez, recounts how the reporter (renamed Rita Hathaway) brought to light the shocking abuse suffered by Guinevere Garcia (renamed Claire McGreely)... 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\/10815"}],"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=10815"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10828,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10815\/revisions\/10828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}