Local newsrooms are disappearing across America. I’m excited to join Pulitzer winners tru_trill and Sarah Conway, and The New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow in proposing a discussion on revitalizing local news at #SXSW 2025. Vote for our proposal! bit.ly/46ApRp6

For over a year, Alejandra Cancino and Maya Dukmasova have investigated Chicago's troubled buildings and followed tenants as they organized to hold their landlords accountable. Super excited to lend my voice to this Injustice Watch series. Read 📖 or listen 🎧! injusticewatch.org/projects/tenan…

“In the efforts of strengthening a conscious constituency, the question that we’re raising is 'why do we accept so little?'”- Jitu Brown on the upcoming National Racial Equity Summit on Aug. 18-19 in Chicago. chicagotribune.com/2024/08/09/on-…

From fencing in the Grand Palais to cycling along the Champs-Elysees, the 2024 Olympics incorporated Paris' grandeur as well as any host city ever has and created a standard Los Angeles will find hard to surpass. 📝 @stacystclair 📷 Brian Cassella trib.al/zBRAK52

The legend of Chicago’s 1996 DNC is that Mayor Daley planted a lot of trees and beautified the city. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cleanup aims to improve Chicago beyond the convention, but also echoes past efforts. Story by Jake Sheridan chicagotribune.com/2024/08/11/dnc…

My profile of ⁦Buddy Guy⁩, the end of the Chicago blues and the complicated business of playing a legend chicagotribune.com/2024/08/11/at-…

“We’re actively working to educate individuals about this issue because, let’s be honest, when you talk about that window, a lot of individuals don’t understand the difference between moments and movements." chicagotribune.com/2024/08/10/a-m…

Its been years since I wrote about the "Outcry" project - an empowerment work of Whitney Bradshaw. It has only gained momentum and this film is proof of it. Check it out at Facets tomorrow night. docs.google.com/document/d/1HF…

This DNC piece by Corli Jay really drives home the importance of keeping community, especially historically underserved communities, at the heart of any big event planning. When you don’t keep them at heart, it only builds more resentment + trauma. thetriibe.com/2024/08/i-thin…

As we ramp up for the DNC, something to keep in mind. niemanreports.org/articles/youre…

Another NASCAR Chicago taxpayer cost: $621,971 to pay for closed parking spots, I learned via FOIA. The two-year costs further complicates the financial analysis as the race's longterm future hangs in the balance. For Chicago Tribune: chicagotribune.com/2024/08/15/par…

Student loan debt is front of mind for one Chicago attorney: 'If you forgive $40,000 or $50,000, for a middle-class” it’s life changing ⁦Darcel⁩ chicagotribune.com/2024/08/16/stu…

Members of Chicago Tribune Guild are thrilled to welcome fellow journalists to our great city for the Democratic National Convention. As we join them at protests, rallies and on the floor of the United Center, we also ask for their solidarity as we head into the final stretch of negotiations.

Here is where I'll be spending most of my time in the near future. If you want to read about my adventures while in Cambridge, check out my goings on at Darcel Notes at darcelrockett.com.

Of all the narratives coming from the DNC, one that I felt was worth highlighting is Rev. Jesse Jackson's legacy and Black political power. Both are directly linked to former President Obama and VP Harris's historic nomination. The TRiiBE thetriibe.com/2024/08/jesse-…

And how nice and more than fitting to have Mike Royko sharing the Sunday pages with a lot of fellas he knew well. chicagotribune.com/2024/08/21/mik…

For months, a team of Chicago Tribune reporters have worked on an ambitious project centered around a single question: What makes Illinois so corrupt? Answers here: chicagotribune.com/our-culture-of…

What I love about chris borrelli is he does stories nobody else does, like: I know what you stole last summer: Beg that national park for forgiveness and send it back. Better yet, write a letter. chicagotribune.com/2024/08/26/con…

After 34 years with this great newspaper, nearly 30 spent giving the voiceless a platform to air their grievances, it's time for Mary Mitchell to say goodbye. trib.al/0Cw3Ucq

Instead of lions, anchors carry more weight in Boston to invite people into buildings.