Read The Great Reader Stories Nominated For Journalism Awards Thursday

The Chicago Reader was nominated for several Peter Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club Thursday night.

Police in Chicago Public Schools operate with no special training and little oversight, by @city_bureau @Chicago_Reader @Yanazure https://t.co/xbCsVvpFvR

— BGA (@BetterGov) April 12, 2018

Drum roll please! Here are all the @Chicago_Reader stories nominated for @headlineclub #Lisagor awards this year! First up, for @rejburns‘s masterful investigation on contract-for-deed home sales (edited by @rsamer): https://t.co/HoruaEb3I7

— Maya Dukmasova (@mdoukmas) April 13, 2018

Next, my profile of the defense lawyer of choice for Chicago cops facing criminal charges (also edited by @rsamer): https://t.co/A8RO3lHmsz

Now for our arts and culture heavy hitters: @aimeelevitt‘s coverage of the cultural community’s response to Trump. You can start with this masterpiece: https://t.co/1tXEyOmd6h

And @alyssaschukar‘s poignant images of an Indiana public housing community poisoned by lead https://t.co/DX79yqOfmo

Check out the full list of nominees here: https://t.co/gKmMydCZqA Finalists will be announced May 11! 👏👏👏