Scott Fornek @sfornek
Chicago Sun-Times Breaking News Desk Chicago Joined August 2008-
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'Protest reporting postcards from half a century ago: Pickets, pot, pachyderms and pepper gas.' @Sneedlings remembers. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…
"Pritzker signs bill requiring candidates to run in primaries — Republicans call it 'stealing an election.'" @TinaSfon has the story. chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024…
'Red, white and blooey? Demolition begins on Thompson Center exterior.' @KadeHeather reports. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/0…
'Asleep at the march? ACLU says Chicago may be unprepared for Democratic Convention protests.' @dstru312 reports. chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democrati…
"Memories of Chicago in 1968 from a top lawer who felt like "Dorothy from Kansas in 'The Wizard of Oz.'"' @Sneedlings takes you back. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…
'Here’s an air hug for you, anonymous source, whoever you are.' A classic response from the always engaging and provocative @MorrisseyCST related to the always crucial and spot-on reporting of @TinaSfon. chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2024/05/…
The Bears haven't even taken to the field for their Illinois state stadium play -- and already it looks like they'll need a Hail Mary pass. @TinaSfon reports. chicago.suntimes.com/bears/bears-st…
'Taking the fight south? Pritzker's nonprofit spends $500K in Florida -- battling DeSantis and GOP over abortion rights.' @TinaSfon has the story. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/…
'Family of slain officer didn't want mayor, governor at funeral.' @fspielman & @TinaSfon report. chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024…
Another achingly beautiful and poignant column by @NeilSteinberg. (And as for the kicker, I think he and Edie are both right.) chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…
'How old are you in cicada years?' (I'll be four, BTW.) I (@sfornek) explain. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…
'How old are you in cicada years?' @sfornek of the @Suntimes will turn four this year. (But it's been a full, interesting and largely wonderful four years.) chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…
"Why did Harry Caray always say ‘Holy Cow?’ It could be linked to a 1930s flying bovine. No bull!" @Sneedlings with the scoop. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…
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4K Followers 2K Following 'John Amdor needs to get out more.' -Capitol Fax commenter, March 19, 2018 tweets without punctuation or capitalization are by cricket
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TinaSfon @TinaSfon
20K Followers 6K Following chief political reporter @suntimes (again); past: White House reporter @politico; politics correspondent @insider; [email protected] 🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇱
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Chicago Appleseed Cen.. @ChiAppleseed
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144 Followers 177 Following @MedillSchool '24 // currently @nbntweets // formerly @Suntimes and @thedailynu // she/her
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603 Followers 516 Following freelancer for @suntimes • learning @medillschool • @northwesternu ’24 • formerly: @sfchronicle, @thedailynu and @soundpublishing • @medillcherubs ’19
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241 Followers 556 Following “If your parachute doesn't open, you have the rest of your life to solve the problem.”Produced Video Games for EA, Sega. 40 patents, 2 kids with college degrees
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23K Followers 4K Following Investigative reporter on @WBEZ's Government & Politics Team. Encrypted email for your confidential story tips: [email protected]
Hannah Meisel @hannahmeisel
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TinaSfon @TinaSfon
20K Followers 6K Following chief political reporter @suntimes (again); past: White House reporter @politico; politics correspondent @insider; [email protected] 🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇱
Craig Newman @craignewman
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15K Followers 3K Following Sun-Times architecture critic. Architecture prof @ IIT. Author, Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side, @ https://t.co/c4s6AyCtfk
A.D. Quig @ad_quig
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27K Followers 1K Following Official account of Illinois’ 48th Lt. Governor. Advancing justice and uplifting women + girls across Illinois. Our only way forward is together. she/her.
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Chris Bury @ChrisBuryNews
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Chicago History ™�.. @Chicago_History
144K Followers 101K Following Chicken Soup For The Chicago Soul. FOLLOW US ON IG: Chicago_History@sfornek Thank you for the nice cicada retrospective today. Did you see the Cicada Meter at Wrigley Field in 1990? Amazed I have it two cicada years later (though having 13 year Brood XIX in NC now has skewed my count)
Thank you, Scott.
Another achingly beautiful and poignant column by @NeilSteinberg. (And as for the kicker, I think he and Edie are both right.) chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…
Wishing Terri Hemmert a happy birthday! Thanks for being a part of our lives, Terri. We love you and Chicago loves you.
Did they go away?
Who Remember These Back Then?
Folks, we made it into @Sneedlings over the weekend. It’s all gravy from here. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…
I just got off the phone with a guy who bullied me when I was a child. He found out about Vanished Chicagoland and my recovery from prostate cancer. He apologized for the misery he caused, and he was crying. He asked me for his forgiveness and I said yes.
Today was a lovely day and full of adrenaline. In the immortal words of Carol Burnett, 🎶 “I’m so glad we had this time together …” 🎶 #Eclipse2024
A solar eclipse above Chicago @chicagotribune pictures: chicagotribune.com/2024/04/07/pho…
THE HUSTLER [1961] ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's difficult for me to express how much I love this movie. No one played a sorry-for-himself drunk like Paul Newman. A down-and-out man finding love with a down-and-out woman. A beautiful story and a masterclass in acting from everyone involved.
Ray Milland would warn us: Don’t look at today’s eclipse with your bare eyes.
This is a @CraigDellimore appreciation post. One of the kindest, most hard working, and generous journalists I know. Such a well-deserved honor. I’m lucky to have learned from you in city hall. (Thank you for lending me double AA batteries!)
We’re thrilled to announce our 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients: @CraigDellimore, @kicker34, @Skilling + @rozvaronABC7. We’ll honor them at our Lisagor Awards ceremony. headlineclub.org/2024/04/04/chi…
Pacino’s: Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in!
We have to cover even our own organization through the same lens as any other subject - and @davemckinney provides a master class on this, on a really sad day here at our Navy Pier studios. There are still a lot of questions that have not been answered fully or clearly
Chicago Public Media, which oversees WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times, announced layoffs at both organizations amid declining fundraising, listenership and philanthropic support. trib.al/WTwlFXn
@sfornek @cindylu_7 Otter I, Holy Roman Emperor. That’d been cool.
What’s it like to wait for the final vote count and when to ask for a recount? @KirkDillard lost his GOP Gov primary by 193 votes @nbcchicago Tonight 6p
I laugh at the stupidest things!
YES!! I agree 100%….
Yvonne Elliman deserved a Best Supporting Actress nomination for “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
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