
Chicago Defender Releases Last Print Issue, Goes All-Digital
Monday, July 15, 2019 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews
Robert Abbott, the Defender’s founder, appears in an edition of the newspaper, which last week released its last print issue. | Chicago Defender
Shari Noland, 49, of Oak Park, knew what she was getting into when, in 2017, she decided to leave her job as communications director for the Oak Park Education Foundation in order to become executive editor of the Chicago Defender. The cash-strapped newspaper’s best days were behind it, but the Defender’s rich legacy still resonated with the veteran journalist.
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