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Michael Royko Jr. (September 19, 1932 – April 29, 1997) was an American newspaper columnist from Chicago, Illinois.Over his 30-year career, he wrote more than 7,500 daily columns for the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune.
The Sun-Times resulted from the 1948 merger of the Chicago Sun and the Chicago Daily Times newspapers. [ a ] Journalists at the paper have received eight Pulitzer Prizes , mostly in the 1970s; one recipient was the first film critic to receive the prize, Roger Ebert (1975), who worked at the paper from 1967 until his death in 2013.
Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈ iː b ər t / EE-burt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author.He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
Crowley was a feature writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. [5] In that role she originated the Ann Landers advice column, which she continued to write until her death. [3] In 1941 she began writing a column about child care, and in 1943 she initiated a column of general advice.
Irving Kupcinet (July 31, 1912 – November 10, 2003) was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, television talk-show host, and radio personality based in Chicago, Illinois. He was popularly known by the nickname "Kup". His daily "Kup's Column" was launched in 1943 and remained a fixture in the Sun-Times for the next six ...
After serving as Washington, D.C. correspondent (1963–1965), city editor (1965–1967), and managing editor (1967–1968) of the Sun-Times, he was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1968. From 1976 to 1976, he concurrently served as editor in chief of the Sun-Times' s sister publication, the Chicago Daily News .
Jarrett was the first African American to be a syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune, beginning in 1970. [8] During his years at the Tribune, he also was a host on Chicago's ABC-TV station, WLS, where he produced nearly 2,000 television broadcasts. [2] In 1983, he left the Tribune for the Chicago Sun-Times as an op-ed columnist. [8]
Lacy J. Banks (1943 – March 21, 2012) was an American sportswriter who worked for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1972 until his death. The newspaper's first African-American sportswriter, Banks covered the National Basketball Association and the Chicago Bulls.