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Dawn Reiss

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Chicago, Summerdale
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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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Awards

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.