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We’re excited to share that at our Annual Luncheon, BGA President David Greising will be joined in conversation with Deborah Witzburg, Inspector General for the City of Chicago. Before her appointment in 2022, she held several other roles in the Office of Inspector General, including the Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety, leading OIG’s police oversight work. Witzburg previously worked as an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted a wide range of cases and worked closely with police, community groups and neighborhood organizations. If you’d like to join us for this conversation, click here to register and donate: https://lnkd.in/dkWq_sx3

Save the Date! This year's Annual Luncheon will celebrate BGA's storied 100 year record of achievement in advancing its mission of working toward a more transparent, equitable and accountable government for the benefit of all people in Illinois. We are proud to honor civic leader and BGA Board member Carroll Joynes with the 2024 Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award for his decade of commitment to the BGA’s mission and its solutions-based investigative journalism initiative that addresses critical issues facing Chicago and Illinois. BGA President David Greising will be joined in conversation with Deborah Witzburg, Inspector General for the City of Chicago. Go here to register and donate: https://lnkd.in/dkWq_sx3

Huge thanks to our incredibly generous sponsors for making Beyond the Byline and the 20th Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Investigative Reporting possible! #Gratitude #SupportJournalism #DriehausAwards 2ND CENTURY COUNCIL The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Heather Steans and Leo Smith PLATINUM Gary Elden and Phyllis Mandler GOLD The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. THE JOSEPH AND BESSIE FEINBERG FOUNDATION D. Carroll Joynes and Abby McCormick O'Neil Mark Rust, Barnes & Thornburg LLP SILVER PLUS Phil and Jill Calian Nykia Wright BRONZE PLUS Brian Sher, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner The Dodson Family

We’re still elated following our Beyond the Byline event, featuring the 20th Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Investigative Reporting with special guest, Pulitzer Prize journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. Thank you to our lead sponsor, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, for partnering with the Better Government Association to mark 20 years of honoring the in-depth and important work of investigative reporting. Watch our tribute video honoring Richard H. Driehaus, founder of the Driehaus Awards, and learn more about his legacy of support for regional investigative journalism. In the words of Executive Director Anne Lazar, reporting work has the power to “change minds, change policies, and change lives.” https://lnkd.in/gKsgZGcr

📣 Last call for "Beyond the Byline" tickets! This event promises a dynamic and thought-provoking experience, featuring a panel of local industry leaders discussing local news' evolution and the power of news to foster community and civic engagement, ending with the Driehaus Foundation Awards winners. Our event will also feature a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Illinois Answers Reporters Jewél Jackson and Madison Hopkins. Get your tickets before they're gone here: https://lnkd.in/gvVQZJBC