John Dempsey: Long-time Chicago and Illinois Radio Reporter and Anchor

A graduate of Southern Illinois University and a Chicago native, John Dempsey stayed in Illinois for his entire reporting and anchoring career. He worked for several years at WLS Radio after working at WBBM Newsradio, WJOL in Joliet, and in public radio at WSIU in Carbondale and WBEZ in Chicago. He also was a TV reporter in Chicago at WFLD/Fox Chicago. He talks about broadcast writing, what he's learned in his almost 40 years in broadcast journalism, advice he has for journalists, how he thrived in a competitive business, and more. John was interviewed by Margaret Larkin via Zoom.