America’s Best Black Newspaper-Chicago “Defender”
The Chicago Defender is the flagship publication of Real Times Inc., a media company that also includes among its holdings the Michigan Chronicle, the Front Page, the New Pittsburgh Courier, and the Tri-State Defender. One hundred and four years later, the Chicago Defender won the prestigious John B. Russwurm Award during 2009′s National Newspaper Publishers Association Merit Awards Gala, along with two first place and two third place awards, including the John H. Sengstacke General Excellence Award. For more on the history of the Defender see: http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-1369-about-us.html.
This week’s volume of the Defender features an article on BirdieSisters Erica Jackson and Myah Jackson written by Ms. Kathy Chaney. The BirdieSisters’ family thanks Ms. Chaney for her well written words. Read about them at : http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-6215-the-birdie-sisters-know-golf-down-to-the-tee.html.
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