Claudia Morell
Claudia Morell is a city political reporter for WBEZ.
Morell joined The Daily Line (formerly Aldertrack) to expand its coverage of Chicago’s 2015 Municipal Election. She helped grow the email newsletter into a daily publication that provides in-depth coverage of city hall, Cook County, and the state capitol. She helped develop and co-hosted a podcast, The Aldercast.
A San Francisco native, Morell moved to Chicago in 2014 to accept a reporting fellowship at WBEZ. She began her public radio career as a general assignment reporter and anchor for WFUV, an NPR affiliate based at Fordham University in the Bronx. She has a B.A. in International Political Economy and History, and an M.A. in Public Communications from Fordham University. She lives in Jefferson Park.
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The city of Highland Park is held a candlelit vigil Wednesday night at city hall to honor the victims killed during the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade.
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The Chicago City Council approved a plan to give civilians oversight of the city's police department: the result of a years-long effort to allow residents a role in how their communities are policed.
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There are calls for justice in Chicago, after video was released showing the police shooting and killing 13-year-old Adam Toledo on March 29.
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Chicago will designate Emmett Till's home as a landmark. The 14-year-old was murdered by white men on a visit to Mississippi in 1955, and his death helped galvanize the civil rights movement.
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One day after President Trump commuted Rod Blagojevich's corruption sentence, the former Illinois governor held a "homecoming" news conference outside his Chicago residence.
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Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, one of the last vestiges of the city's old machine, is in federal court Tuesday for an indictment alleging widespread corruption.
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After eight years under Rahm Emanuel, Chicago has a political novice as mayor. Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot took the oath and has big plans to shakeup Chicago's way of doing business.