[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ELLEN WARREN JOINS CHICAGO JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME

 Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I rise today to call to the 
attention of my colleagues a creative and talented journalist from my 
State--Ellen Warren. I am pleased to announce that Ellen will be 
inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame on April 18.
  Chicago, as many of my colleagues know, has a reputation earned over 
many years as a place where the news business is taken seriously, by 
practitioners and consumers alike. By elected officials too, I might 
add.
  From the perceptive observations of Finley Peter Dunne's Mr. Dooley 
through the ``Front Page'' days of Ben Hecht to the latter day insights 
of Mike Royko, Chicago journalism has been of the highest quality--
aggressive, competitive, and literary all at the same time.
  This year, the name of Ellen Warren of the Chicago Tribune will be 
among those added to the honor roll of journalists who have, over the 
course of a career, produced the highest quality work in one of the 
toughest news markets in the country.
  Ellen began her career in 1969 at the City News Bureau of Chicago, a 
legendary training ground for reporters. At the Chicago Daily News, she 
was a foreign correspondent as well as the first woman ever permanently 
assigned to the City Hall beat. At the Chicago Sun-Times, she covered, 
at various times, Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Carter White 
House. For Knight-Ridder newspapers, she covered the Bush White House. 
Since 1993, she has been based in Chicago and has carried out numerous 
assignments for the Tribune, including that of columnist and political 
writer.
  Ellen Warren has gone about her job with flair, honesty, and 
dedication. I happen to know that she also is a hall of fame-level wife 
and mother. For all of her accomplishments, I wish to add my 
congratulations to Ellen Warren on this occasion of her induction into 
the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame.

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