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Block Club Chicago Senior Editor of Investigations Curtis Lawrence is retiring after 44 years in journalism. Our newsroom launched a fund to support The Watch, the investigative team Curtis helped found, in his honor. Donate here: https://lnkd.in/eYjS8cQ3 A native South Sider and Studs Terkel Award winner, Curtis' career took him to six daily newspapers in the Midwest, The Chicago Reporter, and eventually Block Club. As a professor at Columbia College, he mentored generations of journalists over his 20 years. He's even had the honor of working with former students in our newsroom — a testament to his legacy. Over the past year and a half under Curtis and Mick Dumke's direction, Block Club's The Watch team has broken story after story of impact, holding the leaders of the CTA, CHA and CPS — government systems that deeply affect the lives of every Chicagoan, but especially South and West Siders — to account. Read his farewell letter here: https://lnkd.in/eVsNc6zS Cheers to you, Curtis!