The Chicago Sun-Times Today Launches Series of Stories on Why Chicago's Streets Are So Violent
April 22 2008 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Chicago Sun-Times readers today saw their front page in a whole new
way: the front page was flipped backward: the photos, the stories
and the grim headline: �Our children are dying.� The Sun-Times
recognizes the rash of deaths of our young people by gun violence
is so shocking, and today kicks off a series of stories that will
look at the reasons behind the violence and push our community
leaders for real, significant change that will save lives.
�Chicago�s children are dying. The statistics are undeniable, and
they are staggering,� said Sun-Times Editor in Chief Michael Cooke.
�The point of today�s front page was to grab readers and agree
together that we can no longer turn our backs on this problem. We
need to, as a city, pull together and put an end to the killing.
Oftentimes in this city, you will see well-intentioned,
grief-stricken families and neighborhood leaders gather when a
child is shot and killed; they make the news maybe for a day or
two, and then many of us forget about what has happened and we go
on about our business. We can no longer turn our backs on Chicago�s
children.� The front page idea came from Bogota, Columbia�s El
Tiempo newspaper, which gave its front page a backward treatment to
call its readers attention to gun violence. The Sun-Times in the
coming weeks will devote much time and effort, through an
occasional, ongoing series of stories, into uncovering why Chicago
children are being killed, and why the deaths don�t seem to abate
despite the stepped-up efforts of law enforcement, churches and
neighborhood action groups. The newspaper, as well as
www.suntimes.com, will carry full coverage on what�s working, what
must change to make our streets safer for our kids and will call
upon our leaders to make the decisions necessary. About the Chicago
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