Hans Rokus holds up a copy of The Independent as he addresses students during a Veterans Day program in November. Born in Nazi Germany, Rokus said the newspaper's articles reflected an appreciation students should have for the veterans who saved his life and many others. (Independent photo by Tricia Carzoli)
As Ann Marie Lipinski, former editor of the Chicago Tribune, watched the exodus of experienced journalists when a hedge fund bought the newspaper last year, she mourned. “The scale of […]
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