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Biography

I am a journalist, photographer, editor and radio producer based in Chicago. I'm a producer for NPR's national newsmagazine, Here & Now. In the past I've been a climate fellow with The GroundTruth Project; a freelancer for PRI's The World, CityLab, and many other outlets; Boston Editor for Crain's National; Midwest Editor for The Architect's Newspaper; and a reporter for WBEZ's Curious City. My radio work has appeared on stations and networks including NPR, PRI, PRX, WBUR, WGBH, WBEZ, and RIPR, as well as The GroundTruth Project podcast. My writing has been published in outlets including The New York Times' Green blog, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine and Architect magazine. I have a masters degree in journalism from the Medill School at Northwestern University, where I was a Comer Scholar for climate change reporting, and an ISEN Cluster Fellow studying sustainability and energy. I earned my BS in Natural Resources with Distinction in Research from Cornell University.

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  One of the nation's first public housing projects turned to museum

  By Chris Bentley Verified

  Apr. 08, 2025

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  Reporters' notebook: How can we be less wasteful?

  By Chris Bentley Verified, Peter O'Dowd Verified

  Jan. 31, 2025

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Here & Now

Here & Now is known for its Mastermind and Round Table series as well as its upcoming e-book and audio program. Here & Now produces seminars for the new era of entrepreneurship, shifting the focus beyond making money and towards making a real difference on the planet. A person's greatest financial success will result by living from passion and true contribution to others. In the Here & Now, entrepreneurship is more than just the new wave. It's the new standard. It's the most effective way to move humanity forward, and statistics about entrepreneurial failure will radically diminish since we now come from collaboration over competition. This is a movement. An unleashing of the human spirit. A recognition of what's not working in our own lives and in the world around us – and now instead of bar chatter and venting, the era of Here & Now is about people taking real actions that make a positive difference. Here & Now focuses equally on the "being" and the "doing" of business. And the moment we get there is no separation between us and others, only in that moment are we free to create change.