Charlie Meyerson is a

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(and on rare occasion
TV

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. Meyerson was the morning

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and

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reporter for

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-FM from 1979 to 1989, during which he also served as an adjunct newswriting instructor at

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from 1982 to 1986. In October 1989, he left WXRT to become news director, morning news anchor and public affairs director at

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, where he served until 1998, also freelancing as columnist for the Wednesday Journal newspaper of

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from 1991 to 1993. In 1998, he began an almost 11-year run a
Tribune Daywatch

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and senior producer at chicagotribune.com, the Chicago Tribune Internet edition, and as a contributor to newscasts on WGN-AM 720 in Chicago. He became news director at WGN on Aug. 6, 2009, and left on June 17, 2011. Fro
2011
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2012
he was Chicago bureau chief, based at Chicago City Hall, for FM News Chicago, WIQI-FM 101.1. In August 2012, he signed on a
adjunct professor of journalism at Roosevelt University
In fall 2012, he served as adjunct lecturer in journalism at Northwestern University. In June 2013, he joined the team preparing to launch HearHere Radio's smartphone-based news radio startu
Rivet
a
head of news
In April 2015, he signed on full-time as vice president of Rivet News for the newly renamed parent company
Rivet Radio Inc.
In 2016, he transitioned to an advisory role as vice president for editorial and development. With his Rivet colleagues, he was awarded a U.S. patent in 2016 fo

” In January 2017, Meyerson ttp://www.robertfeder.com/2017/01/31/robservations-pat-hughes-scores-ring-larnder-award/#more-13307 launched an independent news site("Chicago's new front page"),
Chicago Public Square
'. Among the awards for Meyerson's work:
national Edward R. Murrow Award
for audio investigative reporting in 2016 from the Radio Television Digital News Association.

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