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Quinn Ford

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Quinn Ford is a general assignment reporter/producer covering breaking news in Chicago.

Quinn came to DNAinfo.com Chicago after completing a fellowship at WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. For WBEZ, Quinn got to cover the city's wacky political scene, from the 2012 Chicago teachers strike to Ald. Joe Moreno's battle with Chick-fil-A. Before WBEZ, Quinn bounced around other news organizations, including NBC Channel 5, Chicago magazine and National Public Radio's Investigations Unit in Washington D.C., where he contributed to a Peabody Award-winning series on Native American foster children in South Dakota.

Quinn is an Evanston native and studied journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he wrote for the student newspaper, The Daily Illini.

Fun fact: Quinn can rip a phone book in half, and he wants you to ask him to prove it.

Lincoln Park & Old Town »

January 10, 2013

Family, neighbors shocked by Old Town shooting, say Tyshawn Blanton did not have gang ties.

Chicago »

January 8, 2013

Officials blame an early and more severe flu season for spike in the number of cases here.

Pullman & Roseland »

January 7, 2013

Robert Munn, 29 years-old, was shot and killed after leaving his grandmother's apartment in September.

Englewood, Auburn Gresham & Chatham »

January 7, 2013

Marcus Turner, 19, was shot and killed Sunday night in a possible gang shooting, authorities said.

Chicago »

January 6, 2013

The site will highlight city data, technology initiatives and social media outreach, officials say.    

Logan Square & Humboldt Park »

January 6, 2013

Chicagoans gathered Sunday to watch the 19th annual Three Kings Parade in Humboldt Park.

Back of the Yards & Brighton Park »

January 4, 2013

A man was shot in the head this afternoon in the city's Back of the Yards neighborhood, police said.

Chicago »

January 4, 2013

The second escapee was found across from Palos Hills police station, sources say.