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The deadline is fast approaching to find out if your workplace or company is the best place to work in Chicago! As a reminder, we’re compiling a list of the best workplaces in Chicago with our partners at Best Companies Group. Companies who enter will be ranked based on employee satisfaction, company culture, workplace environment and more. Top companies will be featured on our list and get to broadcast this achievement on their website, job search platforms, social media, etc.  Registration closes on Sunday, May 19 so don’t hesitate to forward this email on to your employer or fill out the form below.   https://lnkd.in/gqaqQxVH Thank you and good luck!

Is your workplace one of the best in Chicago? We’re partnering with Best Companies Group to find Chicago’s top workplaces and yours could be among them! Best Companies asks questions about employee satisfaction, company culture, workplace environment and more to determine the best places to work in the city. Fill out this free application or send it to your employer to find out if your workplace makes the cut! https://lnkd.in/gBmjHx6J Registration is open now through Sunday, May 19. 

This is a photo of Sadie Campbell (née Stachniak) reading the January 29, 2024 edition of the Sun-Times on her 106th birthday: January 29, 1918. She has been a Chicago Sun-Times subscriber since 1956 when her family moved from Back of the Yards to their home on the South Side, 85th St. Now, it is delivered daily to her in Woodstock, IL., where she moved to in 2017. Sadie starts out every morning with a cup of tea, a slice of toast and the Sun-Times. When asked, she says that’s her secret to a long life. We love seeing the different ways we fit into your life, big and small, because your support makes our paper possible. Tell us how the Sun-Times fits into your life by sending us a message or emailing us at marketing@suntimes.com.

Is your workplace the best? Think your company is among Chicago’s best? Fill out the application below or send it to your employer and your workplace could be listed as one of the best places to work in Chicago! Registration is open now through May 19. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gBmjHx6J

We’re pleased to announce that long-time Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell has been honored by the Chicago Innovation Foundation and The Village Chicago as a winner of the 2023 Turn the Page on Age Awards for her work combating ageism, debunking commonly held myths about aging, and promoting positive narratives around older adults. Check out Mary’s column, Starting Over, https://lnkd.in/gcixDffU to read some of her award-winning work. Congrats, Mary!

Today is Giving Newsday, a day to celebrate local news! We thank our members for their continued support, which helps keep everyone in our community informed, regardless of their ability to pay. A donation this giving season will not only continue to support the work we do to bring you the news, but will also provide ten meals to community members in need, thanks to our partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Our goal is to provide 5,000 meals to those in need. Will you help us nourish our community with a donation today? Thank you for your generosity! For more information, visit our website at suntimes.com/givingnewsday.

Today marks one year since the Chicago Sun-Times dropped the paywall, making every story free and accessible to everyone. We couldn't have done this without the support of our invaluable members. To show our appreciation, members can choose to rock a Chicago Sun-Times tote bag, cozy fleece or newsprint umbrella! When you become a member of the Sun-Times, you'll get one of these thank you gifts PLUS access to the ePaper, exclusive member-only coupons and discounts to restaurants and more. Most importantly, you’ll help continue to keep the Sun-Times paywall-free for your community, providing news and information for, from and about the Chicago area to all. Learn more at suntimes.com/members. Photos: Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

We're excited to announce that long-time Chicago journalist Alex Rodriguez has joined the Sun-Times newsroom as its new politics and government editor, returning to the paper after more than 20 years with the Chicago Tribune. From 2016 until his departure from the Chicago Tribune, Rodriguez was a member of the Tribune’s editorial board, where he wrote and edited editorials, op-eds and columns. Before that, he was the Tribune’s nation/world editor and global connections editor, overseeing the paper’s international and national coverage. Before his return to Chicago in August 2013, he worked as a foreign correspondent for 11 years. From 2002 to 2009, he was the Tribune’s Moscow Bureau Chief, covering the territory of what used to be the Soviet Union and focusing on the impact Vladimir Putin’s leadership had on Russia and the rest of the world. From 2009 until August, 2013, he served as the Pakistan Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.  Earlier in his career, Rodriguez spent several years as a general assignment reporter at the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1999, he worked at the Sun-Times as the paper’s deputy metro editor. He is a graduate of Western Illinois University in Macomb, Ill. “I”m very much looking forward to this new challenge,” Rodriguez said. “At the core of journalism in Chicago, Illinois and D.C. is government and politics. Holding politicians accountable for their actions and decisions, and government for how it spends taxpayer money, is a hallmark of Sun-Times journalism. I’m eager to be part of a team that has done that so well for so many years.” “We’re so excited to welcome Alex, who brings a wealth of experience, news leadership and a distinctive perspective to our formidable politics and government team,” said Jennifer Kho, executive editor of the Chicago Sun-Times. “He will serve an essential role in keeping our community informed about how our government works – and how its actions affect Chicago area residents. I have every confidence in his ability to lead our team through the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the next elections and beyond.” https://lnkd.in/gyTvW2ba

The National Association of Black Journalists has named work published by the Sun-Times or involving Sun-Times staff members the winners of five NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards — two of these for work done in collaboration with WBEZ colleagues: “Handguns easily turned into high-capacity machine guns fuel growing violence” by Frank Main, Stephanie Zimmermann, Tom Schuba and WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell, newspaper / investigative. “20 shots in a second: They’re not just handguns anymore” by Chip Mitchell, Frank Main, Tom Schuba and WBEZ’s Matt Kiefer (the radio version of the investigation that won for newspapers), radio / investigative. “ ‘Tragedy’ to triumph: How a shooting at a back-to-school giveaway became a cause for song and hope” by Sophie Sherry, newspaper feature: single story. Columns by John Fountain, newspaper commentary/essay. “Vaccinated at the ball” by Josh Neufeld, newspaper specialty. Congrats, again, to our winners! https://lnkd.in/gz3gSiMw