Shelby Hawkins
@soyshelby.bsky.social
Producing at WTTW's "Chicago Tonight"
Previously NPR's Morning Edition & Up First
Previously NPR's Morning Edition & Up First
In honor of the last day of Pride month 🌈 - news.wttw.com/2025/06/30/i...
Inside Chicago’s Queer Ballroom Scene: ‘This Little Slice of Fantasy’
Ballroom’s pageantry comes to life in the form of balls. Participants and houses compete in various categories for prizes, money and trophies. Some of the categories are: Runway, Vogue Femme, and Real...
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July 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In honor of the last day of Pride month 🌈 - news.wttw.com/2025/06/30/i...
Afrofuturism meets haute couture at the Field Museum's new "Africa Fashion" exhibit: news.wttw.com/2025/03/05/n...
New Field Museum Exhibit Showcases Africa’s World of High Fashion
Photography, film and fabrics are used to write the continent’s expansive story, starting chronologically during the liberation period of the mid-20th century up until today.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Afrofuturism meets haute couture at the Field Museum's new "Africa Fashion" exhibit: news.wttw.com/2025/03/05/n...
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Speaking at a town hall Monday about the state of Chicago hosted by WTTW and community organization My Block, My Hood, My City, Johnson blasted “corporations” and the “ultra rich” for the failure of the ballot measure known as Bring Chicago Home, which was rejected by 53% of Chicago voters in March.
Johnson Vows to Try Again to Hike Taxes on Sales of Million-Dollar Homes to Fight Homelessness
“At the point of which we go for this revenue again, let’s not allow the interests of the corporations as well as the ultra rich to dictate what working people deserve in this city,” Mayor Brandon Joh...
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February 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Speaking at a town hall Monday about the state of Chicago hosted by WTTW and community organization My Block, My Hood, My City, Johnson blasted “corporations” and the “ultra rich” for the failure of the ballot measure known as Bring Chicago Home, which was rejected by 53% of Chicago voters in March.
had fun and felt represented seeing "Jaja's African Hair Braiding!" You can read my review here: news.wttw.com/2025/01/21/j...
‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ is a Celebration of Black Hair and Sisterhood: Review
“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” is a celebration of Black hair and salons, a kind of sanctuary for Black women where societal expectations on how to present and perform no longer exist.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
had fun and felt represented seeing "Jaja's African Hair Braiding!" You can read my review here: news.wttw.com/2025/01/21/j...
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This is a fantastic interview in case you need to know more about the purchase of InfoWars by @theonion.com. Hear from their executive editor about what comes next.
The Onion’s Executive Editor on Plans for Infowars, Satire in a Second Trump Presidency
Satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction last week, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes mor...
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November 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
This is a fantastic interview in case you need to know more about the purchase of InfoWars by @theonion.com. Hear from their executive editor about what comes next.