Phil Ponce<\/a>.<\/p>\nHere is the text of Weisman\u2019s announcement to viewers:<\/strong><\/p>\nAfter 40 years I\u2019ve decided to end my term as host and senior editor of this show I helped create. I\u2019ve been in this chair more than half my life, and it\u2019s been rewarding in too many ways to count, but I\u2019ll try.<\/em><\/p>\nNo one in journalism has been given the trust and editorial control of a show for that length of time. Our viewers make me feel like I\u2019ve made some contribution to journalism, government and Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\nOur once unusual panel discussion approach has now almost become the news norm. But more than me, our hundreds of guests have made significant contributions to the political and civic dialogue. They\u2019ve been able to showcase their eclectic sides, and do it all in an accurate, sometime argumentative and collegial way. We\u2019ve even tried to do it all with a sense of humor . . . news doesn\u2019t have to be life and death 24\/7. They make the show and will continue to be here.<\/em><\/p>\nYou\u2019ll hear more about our 40th anniversary show in the weeks to come. As for me, I\u2019ll continue to work full time as a media lawyer, stay in the political conversation, and be more free to travel to see my far-flung family. It\u2019s been an agonizing decision because this has been an incomparable privilege. Maybe the best job in journalism! Where you actually get to be yourself on television!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stop the presses: Joel Weisman, the Chicago journalism icon who\u2019s been synonymous with \u201cChicago Week in Review\u201d since the show began on WTTW-Channel 11, is voluntarily stepping down after a record-setting 40 years. Weisman, 75, announced at the end of Friday\u2019s taping that he will retire as host and senior editor of the public television... 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\/16138"}],"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=16138"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16154,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16138\/revisions\/16154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}