Natasha Korecki is an American journalist with NBC Ne
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She formerly worked as a National Correspondent with POLITICO. She covered the 2020 presidential campaign and Joe Biden. Korecki also covers Midwest issues for the publication. In 2019, Korecki was inducted into th
Hall of Fame
of political reporters for the University of Illinois at Springfield. She has won numerous state and national awards, including first place in Deadline Reporting from the Society of Professiona
Journalists
She is a Livingsto
Award finalist.
In 2015, she was hired by

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to report on Illinois policy and politics. She helped launch POLITICO's Illinois Playbook, a daily tipsheet she authors each morning, Monday through Friday. She formerly covered politics for the ''

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''.Natasha Korecki, "Only in Chicago: How the Rod Blagojevich Scandal Engulfed Illinois; Embroiled Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, and Jesse Jackson, Jr.; and Enthralled the Nation" 2012, In April 2016, Korecki was named the 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year by

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's Department of Communications. Before taking on the political beat at the ''Sun-Times'', she covered federal court for eight years, including the trials of two former governors –

Rod Blagojevich Rod R. Blagojevich ( ; born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Blagojevich previously worked ...

and

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. Before that, Korecki, whose parents are immigrants from Argentina, led a major immigration project at the ''Daily Herald'', involving extensive reporting in Mexico and on the United States–Mexico border. After graduating the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...

, she worked as a reporter and legal affairs writer for the '' Daily Herald''. Beginning in 2004, she covered federal courts for the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. She covered high-profile trials of

Tony Rezko Antoin Rezko (born 1955) is an American businessman who was convicted of wire fraud. Rezko was largely a fundraiser for the Illinois Democratic and some Republican politicians. After becoming a major contributor to Rod Blagojevich's successful ...

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, Matthew F. Hale, and others. The "Blago" affair is covered in her 2012 book, ''Only in Chicago''. In July 2012, she was re-assigned to cover politics, succeeding Abdon Pallasch."With Blago book on the docket, Korecki shifts to politics"
by

Robert Feder Robert Feder (born May 17, 1956) is an American media blogger who was the television and radio columnist for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1980 until 2008, a blogger for Vocalo.org from 2009 until 2010, and a blogger for ''Time Out Chicago'' fr ...

Jul 29, 2012, accessed November 19, 2012

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