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Eric Ferkenhoff

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Chicago, Kansas City, North Carolina
Covers:  Criminal and juvenile justice, politics, race, housing and business.
Doesn't Cover: Fashion and entertainment
Investigative Reporter. Tips to eric.ferkenhoff@lee.net. Signal: 847-400-4431

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National investigative journalist, reporting, editing and teaching all things journalism. Previously, lead criminal justice investigative reporter for Newsweek, Midwest Criminal Justice Reporter for USA TODAY Network. Split my time between Kansas City and Chicago for most of my career, but I moved to North Carolina in 2016, then home to KC in 2020. I have practiced journalism as a reporter, writer and editor, as well as taught as a university instructor, for nearly 30 years.

What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

Making it fast, and often ignorant, meaning journalists have to try harder than ever to sort fact from fiction.