Dan Mihalopoulos
@dmihalopoulos.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter at WBEZ - Chicago Public Media
Missed the interstate exit, took the GPS-recommended detour — and soon saw a bald eagle sitting in a farm field in central Illinois.
Spotted another pair a few miles further, also just sitting there in the stubbly, recently harvested field
Spotted another pair a few miles further, also just sitting there in the stubbly, recently harvested field
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Missed the interstate exit, took the GPS-recommended detour — and soon saw a bald eagle sitting in a farm field in central Illinois.
Spotted another pair a few miles further, also just sitting there in the stubbly, recently harvested field
Spotted another pair a few miles further, also just sitting there in the stubbly, recently harvested field
My favorite Sandburg poem, which may be even more relevant in the context of immigration raids
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My favorite Sandburg poem, which may be even more relevant in the context of immigration raids
Feds reportedly swarming NW suburbs of Chicago this PM — these photos from Des Plaines and Mount Prospect
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Feds reportedly swarming NW suburbs of Chicago this PM — these photos from Des Plaines and Mount Prospect
A friend just took this picture of tonight’s first-of-the-season early sunset, in the Chicago burbs
November 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A friend just took this picture of tonight’s first-of-the-season early sunset, in the Chicago burbs
While others were giving out peppermints …
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
While others were giving out peppermints …
When you try to treat a lack-of-adequate-sleep headache with a double espresso but the coffeeshop playlist is moody, gloomy Brit/Scandinavian pop like The Verve and Of Monsters and Men.
Then you open this app and try to get through an East Coast media profile of an ex-Chicago mayor…
Then you open this app and try to get through an East Coast media profile of an ex-Chicago mayor…
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When you try to treat a lack-of-adequate-sleep headache with a double espresso but the coffeeshop playlist is moody, gloomy Brit/Scandinavian pop like The Verve and Of Monsters and Men.
Then you open this app and try to get through an East Coast media profile of an ex-Chicago mayor…
Then you open this app and try to get through an East Coast media profile of an ex-Chicago mayor…
People in one of the richest parts of Chicago’s North Side scream at federal agents who were detaining a Hispanic worker today - “Fuckin cowards! Fuckin Nazis!” - and chant at them to “LET HIM GO!”
October 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
People in one of the richest parts of Chicago’s North Side scream at federal agents who were detaining a Hispanic worker today - “Fuckin cowards! Fuckin Nazis!” - and chant at them to “LET HIM GO!”
More from the same scene. Chorus of anti-ICE whistles in one of the most affluent (and safest) neighborhoods of Chicago
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
More from the same scene. Chorus of anti-ICE whistles in one of the most affluent (and safest) neighborhoods of Chicago
North Side of Chicago today: “He was working, you bastards. Let him go!”
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
North Side of Chicago today: “He was working, you bastards. Let him go!”
JB says Rahm should stop criticizing other Dems — before quickly pivoting back to bashing Trump www.politico.com/news/magazin...
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
JB says Rahm should stop criticizing other Dems — before quickly pivoting back to bashing Trump www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Got to the @wbez.org studio long before dawn, spent a few minutes on the air, talking about a story we did and went for a stroll, making it to the end of the pier just in time for the sunrise
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Got to the @wbez.org studio long before dawn, spent a few minutes on the air, talking about a story we did and went for a stroll, making it to the end of the pier just in time for the sunrise
Commander of Border Patrol in Chicago vows to “Liberate Chicago from illegal aliens,” in social-media reply to an account whose very screen name contains a racial slur (ironically, for whites)
October 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Commander of Border Patrol in Chicago vows to “Liberate Chicago from illegal aliens,” in social-media reply to an account whose very screen name contains a racial slur (ironically, for whites)
JUST IN: A fundraiser next week for the unannounced campaign for Chicago mayor of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, who long has pined for higher office…
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
JUST IN: A fundraiser next week for the unannounced campaign for Chicago mayor of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, who long has pined for higher office…
When Washington ended all public funding for media, we @wbez.org became totally listener-supported.
So gratified by all the support from this full house for the Chicago Public Media gala fundraiser tonight at the Old Post Office
So gratified by all the support from this full house for the Chicago Public Media gala fundraiser tonight at the Old Post Office
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
When Washington ended all public funding for media, we @wbez.org became totally listener-supported.
So gratified by all the support from this full house for the Chicago Public Media gala fundraiser tonight at the Old Post Office
So gratified by all the support from this full house for the Chicago Public Media gala fundraiser tonight at the Old Post Office
Damn you, FIFA! We went to every game in Chicago at USA 94 but can’t get any sort of legacy access to tickets for the World Cup…
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Damn you, FIFA! We went to every game in Chicago at USA 94 but can’t get any sort of legacy access to tickets for the World Cup…
After a half-century of short road trips to Springfield (and a few junkets to Türkiye), former Illinois House speaker and Democratic Party chairman Michael Madigan, 83, now finds himself a long way from his home in the 13th Ward on Chicago’s SW Side
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
After a half-century of short road trips to Springfield (and a few junkets to Türkiye), former Illinois House speaker and Democratic Party chairman Michael Madigan, 83, now finds himself a long way from his home in the 13th Ward on Chicago’s SW Side
Couple more shots from Monday morning‘s awe-inspiring inbound commute in Chicago
October 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Couple more shots from Monday morning‘s awe-inspiring inbound commute in Chicago
Amazing. This was my view as I drove in and I literally thought to myself “My iPhone photo doesn’t do it justice — I hope Barry Butler is out there getting this.” Sure enough…
October 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Amazing. This was my view as I drove in and I literally thought to myself “My iPhone photo doesn’t do it justice — I hope Barry Butler is out there getting this.” Sure enough…
Another L for the G — and this time it’s a W for press freedom, in Chicago Headline Club et al vs. Noem.
Congratulations and heartfelt thanks on behalf of all journalists in Illinois #JournalismIsNotACrime
Congratulations and heartfelt thanks on behalf of all journalists in Illinois #JournalismIsNotACrime
October 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Another L for the G — and this time it’s a W for press freedom, in Chicago Headline Club et al vs. Noem.
Congratulations and heartfelt thanks on behalf of all journalists in Illinois #JournalismIsNotACrime
Congratulations and heartfelt thanks on behalf of all journalists in Illinois #JournalismIsNotACrime
Quick espresso break/pit stop while out on assignment for @wbez.org — repping our union @sagaftra.org, which gave me that spiffy T-shirt you see in the mirror here
October 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Quick espresso break/pit stop while out on assignment for @wbez.org — repping our union @sagaftra.org, which gave me that spiffy T-shirt you see in the mirror here
Border Patrol honcho responds positively to anonymous, racist post — “Juan of many,” get it? — and promises more of the same in Chicago
September 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Border Patrol honcho responds positively to anonymous, racist post — “Juan of many,” get it? — and promises more of the same in Chicago
Downtown Chicago, today.
The little girl …
The little girl …
September 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Downtown Chicago, today.
The little girl …
The little girl …
Border Patrol agents patrolling today in downtown Chicago and in the city’s main tourist zone — about 1,200 miles from the southern, ya know, border
September 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Border Patrol agents patrolling today in downtown Chicago and in the city’s main tourist zone — about 1,200 miles from the southern, ya know, border
Bruce Sagan was a great supporter of journalism in Chicago — and one of the most positive and energetic people I’ve known.
He donated office space in his building for the Chicago News Coop in ‘09.
Last time I saw him was at a WBEZ event in ‘22.
May his memory be eternal
He donated office space in his building for the Chicago News Coop in ‘09.
Last time I saw him was at a WBEZ event in ‘22.
May his memory be eternal
September 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Bruce Sagan was a great supporter of journalism in Chicago — and one of the most positive and energetic people I’ve known.
He donated office space in his building for the Chicago News Coop in ‘09.
Last time I saw him was at a WBEZ event in ‘22.
May his memory be eternal
He donated office space in his building for the Chicago News Coop in ‘09.
Last time I saw him was at a WBEZ event in ‘22.
May his memory be eternal