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Lynn Sweet

January 01, 1970

For the American football player, see Lynn Sweet (American football).

Lynn Sweet is an American journalist and in October 2013, became the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times.[1] She has been with the Sun-Times, for over four decades, joining in 1976.[2] Sweet is also a columnist for The Hill and The Huffington Post.[3] She has appeared on CNN and MSNBC as a political analyst and has been a frequent guest on C-SPAN and Charlie Rose.[4]

Lynn Sweet
Born
Chicago, Illinois
EducationNorthwestern University Medill School of Journalism
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s)Medill Hall of Achievement, Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame
TitleWashington Bureau chief, Chicago Sun-Times

In 2009, Sweet was among the winners of the "50 Top Journalists" of the year, chosen by Washingtonian. In naming Sweet, she was described as, "a one-woman multimedia newsroom who often seems to out-produce whole teams of correspondents."[5]

During her career, Sweet built a reputation as being committed to accountability in journalism; her philosophy is described in remarks made at 5th annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards, in 2018:[6]

"The most important thing is for journalists to do the job, no matter what platform, and not be distracted by everything going on around you...Get it right, make the extra call, these principles never change. Look up the extra document, just the things that you do every day no matter if it's your first day or your last...A fact is fact."

Education and background edit

Sweet, a Chicago native, attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, majoring in English. However, she transferred in her senior year to the University of California at Berkeley, where she changed her major to Political Science; Sweet graduated in 1973. After graduation, she worked doing odd jobs, and at a department store in Oakland, California, before enrolling at the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.[7]

In 1975, Sweet graduated with her master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism. She was inducted into the Medill Hall of Achievement in 2006.[8] Sweet was a Spring 2004 Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics.[1][2]

Career edit

Sweet landed her first job in the newspaper business at the weekly Independent-Register in Libertyville, Illinois; she also worked for Time magazine, until 1976, when she started at the Sun-Times working with "Action Time," a consumer help feature. Later, Sweet became a general assignment reporter, first covering Cook County government and the Daley Center courts, gaining experience in Chicago politics.[7]

Her experience in politics and government grew as she covered the Illinois legislature and worked as the paper's chief political writer. Sweet was one of the first reporters in the country to fact-check state and local political advertisements.[7] By 1993, she was considered the "voice of Washington politics" for the Chicago Sun-Times.[9] She was also gaining a reputation from her colleagues, for her tenacity and tough stance in political reporting.

Sweet was working in Washington when she wrote a series of stories exposing the Democratic National Committee offering big money donors access to the Clinton White House and the Clinton administration's practice of allowing donors to fly on Air Force One.[7][10]

Christopher Beam, of Slate magazine, said of Sweet, "the first time I saw her, she was berating a Hillary advance person at a sheet metal factory in Las Vegas for refusing to hold a press availability. It was marvelous. The other journalists shrank while Sweet chewed out the staffer. It was like good reporter/bad reporter."[11]

Sweet witnessed the Highland Park parade shooting and recorded footage of it.[12][13][14]

Coverage of Barack Obama edit

In 1999, when Barack Obama was running for the seat in the House of Representatives, he paid a visit to Sweet and gave her a copy of his book, Dreams from My Father, which she says she put on a bookshelf and never opened until June 2004, as his popularity rose and he had given his speech at the Democratic National Convention. In a 2008 interview, Sweet said, "Obama came in and had a very lucky break to come in 90-something, make some of the right connections, and have an opening."[9] Unimpressed with his rise in popularity, she went on to add:

"He returned to Chicago and worked with a law firm that gave him a lot of political network advantages, and started looking around for some office to run for, found this opening in the State Senate where he put himself in it. Now that’s not coming through the rough-and-tough of Chicago politics. And then once he knocked his opponent off the ballot, he represented a safe Democratic district, and that if he chose to, he could have represented until he stopped working. O.K.?"

Sweet would become known as one of Obama's toughest critics. In February 2007, when he announced his Presidential bid, Sweet wrote in the Sun-Times, "Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) used campaign donations generated by PACs and lobbyists to bankroll the birth of his White House bid — though he’s banning that money for his presidential 2008 race."[15]

in 2008, Jim Romenesko wrote about Sweet,[16] in an article titled: Sun-Times’ Sweet is an “important voice,” thanks to Obama:

"Prior to this year’s political season, Lynn Sweet “was a largely unknown tabloid reporter from a regional newspaper who had never seriously covered a presidential campaign,” writes John Koblin. But with Barack Obama‘s ascent, the Sun-Times reporter/columnist has suddenly emerged as one of the most important voices in the campaign. Newsday’s Glenn Thrush says: “Of all the people who cover Obama, she’s the one who holds him most accountable."

Arianna Huffington, of the Huffington Post, described how "Sweet once took a room at the Beverly Hilton hotel, where Obama was holding a big presidential fundraiser. She booked the room so she could see who was going in and out."[7]

When NorthStar news reported on President-elect Obama's first press conference, Sweet's name was invoked: "Despite the serious tone of the news conference, the president-elect appeared relaxed and joked with reporters on several occasions. When he called upon a local journalist, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, and noticed her arm was in a sling, he asked what had happened. When Sweet replied that she had injured her shoulder en route to Obama’s victory celebration in Grant Park, President-elect Obama smiled and said, “I think that was the only major incident during the entire Grant Park celebration."[17] She continued her tough reporting throughout his time in office and frequently speaks about her experience covering his administration.[18][19][20]

Awards and recognition edit

  • 2006 Medill Hall of Achievement, Northwestern University School of Journalism[8]
  • 2007 Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame[21]
  • 2009 Winner of the Washingtonian Magazine's 50 Top Journalists of the year[5]
  • 2013 Winner of the Bill and Patrice Brandt Alumni Leadership Award by the University of California, Berkeley, for her 2012 presidential campaign and election coverage[22][23]
  • 2014 Nominee for the Peter Lisagor Award, for best news column or commentary "selection of three columns by Lynn Sweet"[24]
  • 2018 Winner of the Women in Journalism Award for outstanding journalist in print[25]
  • 2019 Power 25 List of the most powerful women in journalism[26]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Lynn Sweet Profile and Activity - Chicago Sun-Times". chicago.suntimes.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  2. ^ a b "Lynn Sweet". The Institute of Politics at Harvard University. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  3. ^ Multiple sources:
    • "Lynn Sweet | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
    • "Columnists". The Hill. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
    • "Lynn Sweet". Institute of Governmental Studies - UC Berkeley. 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  4. ^ Multiple sources:
    • "Lynn Sweet | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
    • "Lynn Sweet". Charlie Rose. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
    • "Lynn Sweet and Jim Warren on the Media". Chicago Humanities Festival. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  5. ^ a b "50 Top Journalists 2009 | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  6. ^ "A Fact is a Fact - Wed., May 2, 2018". www.odwyerpr.com. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Sweet Success: Northwestern Magazine - Northwestern University". www.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  8. ^ a b "Lynn Sweet - Medill - Northwestern University". www.medill.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  9. ^ a b "Sweet on Obama!". Observer. 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  10. ^ Service, MAUREEN DOWD New York Times News (15 July 1995). "THE CRASS SELLING OF THE PRESIDENCY". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  11. ^ Beam, Christopher (2008-01-17). "Obama's Schedule Now Slightly Less Super Secret". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  12. ^ Nawaz, Amna; Walters, Tommy; Bolaji, Lizz (July 4, 2022). "What we know about the Highland Park mass shooting". PBS News Hour. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  13. ^ Sundby, Alex; Freiman, Jordan (July 4, 2022). "At least 6 killed in shooting at Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois; person of interest in custody". CBS News. from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  14. ^ "5 dead, 19 others wounded during Highland Park IL Fourth of July parade". Associated Press. 2022-07-04. from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  15. ^ Fuller, Jaime. "How people responded to Obama's presidential bid in 2007". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  16. ^ "Sun-Times' Sweet is an "important voice," thanks to Obama". Poynter. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  17. ^ "NorthStar News - Obama Administration". www.northstarnews.com. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  18. ^ "Did You Make Obama's Cut?". 21 July 2008. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  19. ^ Wire, Sun-Times (2008-03-14). "Sweet: Obama tells Sun-Times if Rezko allegations true, "not who I thought he was." Listen to audio of Sun-Times Obama interview". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  20. ^ Times-Union, The. "Political columnist speaking at Flagler". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  21. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20070515/282638913153182. Retrieved 2020-10-26 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ^ "Lynn Sweet". Institute of Governmental Studies - UC Berkeley. 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  23. ^ "Feinstein and Sweet to Appear at IGS Salon Gala". Institute of Governmental Studies - UC Berkeley. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  24. ^ Meyerson, Ben (2015-03-26). "And the Peter Lisagor Award nominees are..." Chicago Headline Club. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  25. ^ Communicator, Capitol (2018-04-28). "5th Annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards - A Night of Recognition". Capitol Communicator. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  26. ^ "Power 25 List". www.robertfeder.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.

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For the American football player see Lynn Sweet American football Lynn Sweet is an American journalist and in October 2013 became the Washington D C bureau chief for the Chicago Sun Times 1 She has been with the Sun Times for over four decades joining in 1976 2 Sweet is also a columnist for The Hill and The Huffington Post 3 She has appeared on CNN and MSNBC as a political analyst and has been a frequent guest on C SPAN and Charlie Rose 4 Lynn SweetBornChicago IllinoisEducationNorthwestern University Medill School of JournalismOccupationJournalistNotable credit s Medill Hall of Achievement Chicago Journalism Hall of FameTitleWashington Bureau chief Chicago Sun Times In 2009 Sweet was among the winners of the 50 Top Journalists of the year chosen by Washingtonian In naming Sweet she was described as a one woman multimedia newsroom who often seems to out produce whole teams of correspondents 5 During her career Sweet built a reputation as being committed to accountability in journalism her philosophy is described in remarks made at 5th annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards in 2018 6 The most important thing is for journalists to do the job no matter what platform and not be distracted by everything going on around you Get it right make the extra call these principles never change Look up the extra document just the things that you do every day no matter if it s your first day or your last A fact is fact Contents 1 Education and background 2 Career 2 1 Coverage of Barack Obama 3 Awards and recognition 4 References 5 External linksEducation and background editSweet a Chicago native attended the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign majoring in English However she transferred in her senior year to the University of California at Berkeley where she changed her major to Political Science Sweet graduated in 1973 After graduation she worked doing odd jobs and at a department store in Oakland California before enrolling at the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism 7 In 1975 Sweet graduated with her master s degree from the Medill School of Journalism She was inducted into the Medill Hall of Achievement in 2006 8 Sweet was a Spring 2004 Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics 1 2 Career editSweet landed her first job in the newspaper business at the weekly Independent Register in Libertyville Illinois she also worked for Time magazine until 1976 when she started at the Sun Times working with Action Time a consumer help feature Later Sweet became a general assignment reporter first covering Cook County government and the Daley Center courts gaining experience in Chicago politics 7 Her experience in politics and government grew as she covered the Illinois legislature and worked as the paper s chief political writer Sweet was one of the first reporters in the country to fact check state and local political advertisements 7 By 1993 she was considered the voice of Washington politics for the Chicago Sun Times 9 She was also gaining a reputation from her colleagues for her tenacity and tough stance in political reporting Sweet was working in Washington when she wrote a series of stories exposing the Democratic National Committee offering big money donors access to the Clinton White House and the Clinton administration s practice of allowing donors to fly on Air Force One 7 10 Christopher Beam of Slate magazine said of Sweet the first time I saw her she was berating a Hillary advance person at a sheet metal factory in Las Vegas for refusing to hold a press availability It was marvelous The other journalists shrank while Sweet chewed out the staffer It was like good reporter bad reporter 11 Sweet witnessed the Highland Park parade shooting and recorded footage of it 12 13 14 Coverage of Barack Obama edit In 1999 when Barack Obama was running for the seat in the House of Representatives he paid a visit to Sweet and gave her a copy of his book Dreams from My Father which she says she put on a bookshelf and never opened until June 2004 as his popularity rose and he had given his speech at the Democratic National Convention In a 2008 interview Sweet said Obama came in and had a very lucky break to come in 90 something make some of the right connections and have an opening 9 Unimpressed with his rise in popularity she went on to add He returned to Chicago and worked with a law firm that gave him a lot of political network advantages and started looking around for some office to run for found this opening in the State Senate where he put himself in it Now that s not coming through the rough and tough of Chicago politics And then once he knocked his opponent off the ballot he represented a safe Democratic district and that if he chose to he could have represented until he stopped working O K Sweet would become known as one of Obama s toughest critics In February 2007 when he announced his Presidential bid Sweet wrote in the Sun Times Sen Barack Obama D Ill used campaign donations generated by PACs and lobbyists to bankroll the birth of his White House bid though he s banning that money for his presidential 2008 race 15 in 2008 Jim Romenesko wrote about Sweet 16 in an article titled Sun Times Sweet is an important voice thanks to Obama Prior to this year s political season Lynn Sweet was a largely unknown tabloid reporter from a regional newspaper who had never seriously covered a presidential campaign writes John Koblin But with Barack Obama s ascent the Sun Times reporter columnist has suddenly emerged as one of the most important voices in the campaign Newsday s Glenn Thrush says Of all the people who cover Obama she s the one who holds him most accountable Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post described how Sweet once took a room at the Beverly Hilton hotel where Obama was holding a big presidential fundraiser She booked the room so she could see who was going in and out 7 When NorthStar news reported on President elect Obama s first press conference Sweet s name was invoked Despite the serious tone of the news conference the president elect appeared relaxed and joked with reporters on several occasions When he called upon a local journalist Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times and noticed her arm was in a sling he asked what had happened When Sweet replied that she had injured her shoulder en route to Obama s victory celebration in Grant Park President elect Obama smiled and said I think that was the only major incident during the entire Grant Park celebration 17 She continued her tough reporting throughout his time in office and frequently speaks about her experience covering his administration 18 19 20 Awards and recognition edit2006 Medill Hall of Achievement Northwestern University School of Journalism 8 2007 Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame 21 2009 Winner of the Washingtonian Magazine s 50 Top Journalists of the year 5 2013 Winner of the Bill and Patrice Brandt Alumni Leadership Award by the University of California Berkeley for her 2012 presidential campaign and election coverage 22 23 2014 Nominee for the Peter Lisagor Award for best news column or commentary selection of three columns by Lynn Sweet 24 2018 Winner of the Women in Journalism Award for outstanding journalist in print 25 2019 Power 25 List of the most powerful women in journalism 26 References edit a b Lynn Sweet Profile and Activity Chicago Sun Times chicago suntimes com Retrieved 2020 10 25 a b Lynn Sweet The Institute of Politics at Harvard University Retrieved 2020 10 25 Multiple sources Lynn Sweet HuffPost www huffpost com Retrieved 2020 10 25 Columnists The Hill Retrieved 2020 10 25 Lynn Sweet Institute of Governmental Studies UC Berkeley 2016 10 17 Retrieved 2020 10 25 Multiple sources Lynn Sweet C SPAN org www c span org Retrieved 2020 10 25 Lynn Sweet Charlie Rose Retrieved 2020 10 25 Lynn Sweet and Jim Warren on the Media Chicago Humanities Festival Retrieved 2020 10 25 a b 50 Top Journalists 2009 Washingtonian DC Washingtonian 2009 06 01 Retrieved 2020 10 25 A Fact is a Fact Wed May 2 2018 www odwyerpr com Retrieved 2020 10 27 a b c d e Sweet Success Northwestern Magazine Northwestern University www northwestern edu Retrieved 2020 10 25 a b Lynn Sweet Medill Northwestern University www medill northwestern edu Retrieved 2020 10 25 a b Sweet on Obama Observer 2008 05 20 Retrieved 2020 10 27 Service MAUREEN DOWD New York Times News 15 July 1995 THE CRASS SELLING OF THE PRESIDENCY Greensboro News and Record Retrieved 2020 10 26 Beam Christopher 2008 01 17 Obama s Schedule Now Slightly Less Super Secret Slate Magazine Retrieved 2020 10 27 Nawaz Amna Walters Tommy Bolaji Lizz July 4 2022 What we know about the Highland Park mass shooting PBS News Hour Retrieved July 4 2022 Sundby Alex Freiman Jordan July 4 2022 At least 6 killed in shooting at Fourth of July parade in Highland Park Illinois person of interest in custody CBS News Archived from the original on July 4 2022 Retrieved July 4 2022 5 dead 19 others wounded during Highland Park IL Fourth of July parade Associated Press 2022 07 04 Archived from the original on July 4 2022 Retrieved 2022 07 04 Fuller Jaime How people responded to Obama s presidential bid in 2007 Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 2020 10 27 Sun Times Sweet is an important voice thanks to Obama Poynter 2008 05 21 Retrieved 2020 10 27 NorthStar News Obama Administration www northstarnews com Retrieved 2020 10 27 Did You Make Obama s Cut 21 July 2008 Retrieved 2020 10 27 Wire Sun Times 2008 03 14 Sweet Obama tells Sun Times if Rezko allegations true not who I thought he was Listen to audio of Sun Times Obama interview Chicago Sun Times Retrieved 2020 10 27 Times Union The Political columnist speaking at Flagler The Florida Times Union Retrieved 2020 10 27 https www pressreader com usa chicago sun times 20070515 282638913153182 Retrieved 2020 10 26 via PressReader a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Lynn Sweet Institute of Governmental Studies UC Berkeley 2016 10 17 Retrieved 2020 10 26 Feinstein and Sweet to Appear at IGS Salon Gala Institute of Governmental Studies UC Berkeley 2013 03 22 Retrieved 2020 10 26 Meyerson Ben 2015 03 26 And the Peter Lisagor Award nominees are Chicago Headline Club Retrieved 2020 10 26 Communicator Capitol 2018 04 28 5th Annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards A Night of Recognition Capitol Communicator Retrieved 2020 10 26 Power 25 List www robertfeder com Retrieved 2020 10 26 External links editAppearances on C SPAN nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lynn Sweet amp oldid 1211861375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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