WestSide Press celebrates Chicago native son John W. Fountain, freelance columnist, named 1st Place Winner of this year’s Chicago Headline Club’s 45th Annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Best News Column, Editorial Writing or Commentary. Fountain won for his work on three selected columns: the Unforgotten 51 women, “Chicago Bleeds” and Jelani Day.
Jelani Day:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/5/7/23060916/lisagor-awards-journalism-chicago-headline-club-spj-society-professional-journalists
Chicago Bleeds:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/9/17/22679209/chicago-tale-two-cities-crime-john-fountain
Unforgotten 51:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/3/12/22328323/chicago-unsolved-murders-black-women-unforgotten51-john-fountain