THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

They join the roster of more than four dozen journalists recognized by the workshop and the late Studs Terkel as representing some of Chicago's finest media professionals. They will receive their awards at the Workshop's annual benefit—co-chaired by Tracy Baim of Windy City Media Group and Dan Haley & Andy Johnston of Wednesday Journal—March 10 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 5-9 p.m. More information is at www.communitymediaworkshop.org .

Terkel was patron saint of the Workshop's Studs Terkel Community Media Awards before passing away in October, 2008, according to co-founder and president Thom Clark. "Studs was one of the world's most effective communicators, multi-talented as a writer, an actor, a journalist, an orator. His was a unique voice, both a rascal and a statesman; he brought dignity and hope to the hopeless and powerless and had a raw, respectful and honest insight about those who succeeded in life. Winner or loser, celebrity or nobody, saint or sinner—Studs reached out to us all. He was an organizer, a community organizer if you will. He talked to and, more importantly, listened to all of us," Clark said.

Since 1989, Community Media Workshop has coached thousands of nonprofit communicators to tell stories in ways that advance their missions or grow their organizations. Based at Columbia College Chicago, it works in Chicago and across the Midwest.