{"id":23683,"date":"2019-12-04T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=23683"},"modified":"2019-12-04T06:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T12:00:15","slug":"robservations-lee-bey-rejoins-sun-times-editorial-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/12\/04\/robservations-lee-bey-rejoins-sun-times-editorial-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Lee Bey rejoins Sun-Times as editorial writer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Lee Bey<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Chicago journalist and author Lee Bey,<\/strong> who gained a wide following as architecture critic of the Sun-Times,<\/a> is returning to the paper as a part-time editorial writer. He'll work three to four days a week with editorial page editor Tom McNamee.<\/strong> \"Lee brings a deep understanding of our city, its people, its architecture, its physical and social landscape and its politics to our newspaper, which helped give him his start as a celebrated writer, photographer, teacher and consultant,\" Sun-Times editor-in-chief Chris Fusco<\/strong> told staffers in an email. After five years on the architecture beat, Bey left the Sun-Times in 2001 to serve as deputy chief of staff for architecture and urban planning under former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.<\/strong> Now a senior lecturer at the Art Institute of Chicago, Bey is author of the critically acclaimed Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago\u2019s South Side.<\/em> Other former Sun-Times staffers who've recently returned to the fold include Stephanie Zimmermann, David Roeder<\/strong> and Lorraine Forte.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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WGN<\/p><\/div>\n

In a followup to the November ratings sweep, Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9<\/a> continued its nine-year run as No. 1 from 6 to 9 a.m. weekdays among viewers between 25 and 54. \"WGN Morning News\" won the key demo from 4 to 10 a.m. by substantial margins in most hours. Still dead last in mornings: CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2<\/a> \u2014 despite the latest change of personnel, with Ryan Baker<\/strong> replacing Mike Puccinelli<\/strong> as news co-anchor alongside Erin Kennedy,<\/strong> and Yasmeen Hassan<\/strong> replacing Derrick Young<\/strong> as traffic reporter.<\/p>\n

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

Year-end budget cuts at Mid-West Family Broadcasting<\/a> have eliminated the position of Mark Zander<\/strong> as operations manager\/program director of active rock WXRX 104.9-FM and sports\/talk WNTA 1330-AM in Rockford. \u201cI am extremely proud of what we were able to do with WXRX heading into its 30th year of rockin' Rockford,\u201d he said. Also out is Lori Williams<\/strong> as interactive\/digital production manager. Before joining the company in 2016 Zander was program director of Weigel Broadcasting\u2019s soft rock\/oldies WRME 87.7-FM and weekend host at Hubbard Radio classic hits WDRV 97.1-FM.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Headline Club Foundation<\/p><\/div>\n

Veteran Chicago news anchors Bill Kurtis<\/strong> and Felicia Middlebrooks<\/strong> will host a fundraiser Monday for the Chicago Headline Club Foundation.<\/a> Billed as a \"Toast to the Truth,\" the event will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Narcissus Room of Macy\u2019s Loop store, 111 North State Street. (Here is the link for tickets.<\/a>) Proceeds will benefit scholarships and intern grants to help train young journalists.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Mark Edwards Edelstein:<\/strong> There are few broadcasters in Chicago with the professionalism, knowledge, and personality of Derrick Brown. If anybody deserves VP \"stripes,\u201d it's him. Congratulations on a very well deserved recognition of your talent and leadership skills.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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