{"id":17855,"date":"2018-04-27T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=17855"},"modified":"2018-04-27T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:24:00","slug":"sun-times-reporter-dan-mihalopoulos-joins-wbez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/04\/27\/sun-times-reporter-dan-mihalopoulos-joins-wbez\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun-Times reporter Dan Mihalopoulos joins WBEZ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Dan Mihalopoulos (Photo: WTTW\/Chicago Tonight)<\/p><\/div>\n

Dan Mihalopoulos, who\u2019s been a star investigative journalist for two Chicago newspapers, is joining WBEZ 91.5-FM,<\/a> the Chicago Public Media station announced Friday.<\/p>\n

Mihalopoulos, who most recently has been an investigative reporter and weekly political columnist for the Sun-Times, will report on politics and government for the public radio station, starting May 28.<\/p>\n

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WBEZ<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOver the last two decades, Dan has established a reputation as not only one of the finest political and investigative reporters, but also as one of the most respected and admired colleagues in our profession,\u201d Steve Edwards, vice president and chief content officer at WBEZ, said in a statement. \u201cWe are thrilled to have him on board to further our commitment to original reporting and to providing essential insights on the topics and issues that matter to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sun-Times editor-in-chief Chris Fusco said Mihalopoulos\u2019s byline would still be welcome in the paper.<\/p>\n

\"Dan's journalism at the Sun-Times has won the respect of his newsroom colleagues and everyday Chicagoans because of his tireless work ethic, willingness to take on difficult stories and razor-sharp reporting chops,\" Fusco said. \"We know he's a team player, and we're hopeful we can continue to collaborate with him in his new role at WBEZ.\"<\/p>\n

Before joining the Sun-Times in 2012, Mihalopoulos was a reporter for the Chicago News Cooperative and the Chicago Tribune, where he covered City Hall and other beats for 10 years.<\/p>\n

At WBEZ he\u2019ll work with another former Sun-Times political reporter, Dave McKinney.<\/p>\n

\"As a longtime listener and frequent guest on the station's programs,\u00a0I'm\u00a0excited to join\u00a0WBEZ's growing effort to provide intelligent, in-depth coverage of the important issues facing the city,\" Mihalopoulos said Friday. \"I look forward to being part of\u00a0one of Chicago\u2019s most impactful news teams and to building on what I've been doing with the Sun-Times over the past six years.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Chicago native and journalism graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mihalopoulos began his career as a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.<\/p>\n

Thursday's comment of the day:<\/a>\u00a0Michael Loewenstein:<\/strong>\u00a0Many of us are looking forward to a return to innovation and creativity at WTTW. Those of us fortunate to have spent our creative lives working there know what a great privlege it was. The challenge was great and we took it very seriously. The challenge is greater today, it's time to get serious again!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dan Mihalopoulos, who\u2019s been a star investigative journalist for two Chicago newspapers, is joining WBEZ 91.5-FM, the Chicago Public Media station announced Friday. Mihalopoulos, who most recently has been an investigative reporter and weekly political columnist for the Sun-Times, will report on politics and government for the public radio station, starting May 28.<\/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\/17855"}],"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=17855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17859,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17855\/revisions\/17859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}