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We’re making the rounds, talking about the Investigative Project on Race and Equity and our latest investigation on stations and podcasts in Chicago and across Illinois.
Our reporting partners Matt Kiefer and Michael Liptrot of WBEZ sat down with Teresa Haley, president of the Springfield NAACP, and Illinois Public Media to share our reports on the disproportionate percentage of Black drivers pulled over by police.
Our project director, Angela Caputo, was a guest on “The Ben Joravsky Show.” She also paid a visit to WBEZ’s podcast “The Rundown.”
Listen in to “Live from the Heartland,” on WLUW 88.7 FM Saturday, Oct. 14, at 9 a.m. to hear host Michael James discuss our launch with Investigative Project Advisory Council member Thom Clark. The show will also be posted on CAN-TV the following week.
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Investigative Project on Race and Equity Governing Board
Kevin B. Blackistone Blackistone is a longtime national sports columnist now at The Washington Post, a panelist on ESPN’s “Around the Horn,” a contributor to National Public Radio and coauthor of “A Gift for Ron,” a memoir by former NFL star Everson Walls. Blackistone is also a professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Rui Kaneya Kaneya is a senior editor at ProPublica, where he helps oversee projects for the Local Reporting Network. He previously served as a senior reporter at the Center for Public Integrity. Before joining Public Integrity, he was an investigative reporter for Honolulu Civil Beat, a correspondent for the Columbia Journalism Review and investigations editor at The Chicago Reporter.
Laura S. Washington Washington is a Chicago Tribune contributing columnist and political analyst for ABC 7-Chicago. Washington brings decades of experience as a multimedia journalist and nonprofit professional. From 2003 to 2009 she served as the Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor at DePaul University and is a former editor and publisher of The Chicago Reporter. (Photo credit: Chicago Tribune)
Advisory Council
Susy Schultz, Chair
Kevin B. Blackistone, Vice Chair*
Johnathon Briggs
Tom Brune
Angela Caputo
Thom Clark
Kathleen Humphries
Rui Kaneya*
Alden K. Loury
John McDermott Jr.
Josh McGhee
Sharon McGowan
John Schrag
Christine Wachter
Laura S. Washington*
James Ylisela Jr. *Denotes Governing Board member
Our reporting partners Matt Kiefer and Michael Liptrot of WBEZ 
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