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Dawn Reiss

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Chicago, Summerdale
As seen in: MSN, MSN Canada, Wirecutter, Yahoo Life, Bloomberg CityLab, Business Insider, The Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, Aol and
Covers:  Travel, business, sports, finance, education, news, features, Chicago, food, education, technology, entrepreneurs, solutions-oriented topics, and more.
Doesn't Cover: music, beauty, shopping.
Chicago journalist. Bylines @WashingtonPost @USNewsMoney @TIME @TheAtlantic @AFAR @USATodayTravel @headlineclub pres alum+Killer ravioli maker+Carpe diem @ASJAH

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Dawn Reiss’s Biography

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I'm a versatile writer, reporter and editor. I\'m known for breaking news, writing travel stories, business profiles and in-depth features, but throw any subject at me and I'll make it accurate, interesting and relevant. I've written for TIME magazine/Time.com, ADAR,Reuters, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Travel + Leisure, The Atlantic, U.S. News & World Report and 30+ outlets. I covered the trial of Rod Blagojevich, eaten crickets in Cambodia, gone dog-sledding in Alaska and interviewed the like…

Dawn Reiss’s Journalist Portfolio

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6 Facts to Know Before Investing in a Restaurant

6 Facts to Know Before Investing in a Restaurant

David Steele, the founder and managing partner of the Ne Timeas Restaurant Group in San Francisco, jokes that…

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How to Invest in the Internet of Things

How to Invest in the Internet of Things

Data-driven technology is becoming more attractive to investors as everything becomes more connected. Data-dr…

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How Small Grocers are Banding Together to Change Food Retail For the Good

How Small Grocers are Banding Together to Change Food Retail For the Good

At a time when the food retail business is controlled by a handful a large chains, independent grocers are fe…

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America's Tuscany: 9 Amazing Olive Oil Orchards to Visit in the U.S.

America's Tuscany: 9 Amazing Olive Oil Orchards to Visit in the U.S.

We love all things Italian-including, of course, olive oil. Unfortunately, according to the American Olive Oi…

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How to Invest in Water ETFs

How to Invest in Water ETFs

Water. We drink it, we swim in it and it's vital to human life. Despite being the world's most precious resou…

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How Catfish and Algae Are Cleaning Up the Chicago River

How Catfish and Algae Are Cleaning Up the Chicago River

Thanks to the catfish's ability to "manage some degradation"-as Margaret Frisbie, executive director of the n…

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Articles

Functional beverages for menstrual health fill gap on natural food shelves

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By Dawn Reiss Verified
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schedule5 Min Read When looking for period relief, Anastasia Sartan discovered functional beverages for every condition known to man but not one designed to support womens' period comfort and hormonal health. At a Glance Functional beverages targeting women's hormonal health offer retailers a fast-growing category with loyal customers. Sea buckthorn's Omega-7 and anti-inflammatory properties make it a premium—but hard-to-source—ingredient.
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Denetrias Charlemagne teaches brands how to get on Walmart shelves

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| New Hope Network Verified
Learn Denetrias 'Dee' Charlemagne's, Walmart's senior director of emerging brands merchandising, tips for brands to get into Walmart. Denetrias 'Dee' Charlemagne shares tips for emerging brands hoping to make it onto Walmart's shelves. Denetrias “Dee” Charlemagne, senior director, emerging brands-merchandising at Walmart knows what it’s like to be a founder. She also knows how hard it is to scale.
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Family-brewed coffee brand Kloo eyes rapid scaling

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Find out how this family-owned brand went from kitchen brewing to scaling while maintaining the same quality in its specialty coffee concentrate. Brewed by a Q Grader, Kloo's coffee concentrates are made with intention that you can taste. At a Glance During the Covid-19 pandemic, Kloo got its start with a specialty coffee concentrate. The founder's mother, Mariella Cho, brewed all product by hand until specialty machinery was invented for the process.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

no

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

phone or email. Just make it good, short and to the point. Only the important stuff not the fluff.

Why did you become a journalist?

For so many countless reasons.

Awards

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Dart Center for Gun Violence Reporting Fellow

2017

Gun Violence Reporting Fellow for the Dart Center Also attended Gun Violence Reporting Institute hosted in Chicago by Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.

Social Justice News Nexus Fellowship

2016 - Social Justice

Will be working on a 6-month fellowship (2016-2017) via Northwestern's SJNN program where I will be supervising 3-4 graduate students for a massive reporting project on food inequities.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2010 - Best Breaking News

Peter Lisagor Award for Best Breaking News Story for a Time.com piece about trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Award is administered by the Chicago Headline Club, the largest SPJ chapter in the U.S.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2006 - Feature Category

Florida Society of Professional Journalist’s Awards of Excellence in Feature Category for an in-depth feature about a WWII love story between a couple that loved to salsa dance even though the wife is blind.

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TEDx-UIC

2019

Invited to give a TEDx. 2019 TEDx-UIC. Talk: Why Context Matters.