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Loopster is the home for stories reported, written and produced by graduate interactive journalism students at the Medill School. Loopster refers to Chicago’s Loop, where Medill’s graduate newsroom is located, which tends to be the students’ home-away-from-home during the program’s duration.

The Loopster approach is to look deeply into one news story per week and report beyond the breaking news to provide background, context and interesting facts on a current issue that impacts the Chicago area.

The staff of this edition of Chicago Loopster consists of: David Kashi, Carly Syms, Joanna Carver and Rachel MacDonald.

This site is a product of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Chicago Loopster can be reached at medillchicagoloopster@gmail.com

THIS WEEK’S EDITION – Crime in Chicago

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Crime in Chicago unfortunately is always a new worthy topic. In fact, in 2012 the murder rate has climbed from the previous year, after a steady decline in murder victims from 1991. In this issue our reporters explore safety tips, statisitcs, organizations such as Ceasefire, and most memorable Chicago crimes.