John F. McCarron
Freelance Writer
John F. McCarron (Chicago). John is a freelance writer, an adjunct lecturer in urban journalism at DePaul University and a contributing columnist for the Chicago Tribune, where he spent 27 years as an urban affairs reporter, financial editor and a member of the paper’s editorial board. After leaving the Tribune in 2000, John joined the Metropolitan Planning Council as vice president for planning and communications, and he also taught a graduate-level course at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He continues to write a monthly column for the Tribune’s op-ed page and is a frequent guest on WTTW-TV’s "Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review."
Social Justice High School presentation on May 12, 2010.
Chicago Military Academy (Bronzeville) presentation on October 6, 2010.
Marquette School presentation on December 9, 2010.
Northside College Preparatory High School presentation on February 17, 2011.
Marquette School presentation on September 21st, 2011.
Chicago Military Academy presentation on November 4th, 2011.