Live With CDP Sports Talk, Guest: Eli Ong, (WGN News Digital Supervising Producer) Season #7, Episode #47, March 13th, 2024

Eli Ong, official job title at WGN is ‘Digital Supervising Producer,’ which essentially translates to Ong being a newsprint-style journalist who works for a television news station — meaning I write articles for WGN’s website and help get our news content out across social media, all of which I’ve done since joining the digital team in June 2022. My work at WGN is split between covering Chicago-area sports (primarily the Bears, followed by the Cubs and White Sox), and writing breaking news articles on traditional news topics (crime, business, politics, etc.). For example, when it comes to sports, I write a column every Tuesday during the NFL season following Chicago Bears games. You can find the last one of the 2023 NFL regular season here. Before joining WGN, I earned a Master’s in Science of Journalism (MSJ) with a Sports Media specialization from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where I spent my time learning from renowned sports journalists like J.A. Adande and Melissa Isaacson. Before Medill, I worked as an assignment editor, web producer and on-air talent at WOOD TV8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I helped create breaking news content on-air and online after earning a B.S. in Multimedia Journalism from Grand Valley State University. When it comes to where I call home, I refer to myself as a Chicago transplant who was born and raised in the south-central Michigan town of Jackson, where the first 18 years of my life revolved almost exclusively around playing, watching, reading and studying the game of baseball. If you’re interested in reading more of my work, or just want to shoot the breeze over Chicago sports, you can follow me on X (formerly Twitter) where my handle is @ThePenOfEli, on Threads at @thepenofeli or like my journalism page on Facebook. #eliong #wgnnews #chrispomay #livewithcdp #barrycullenchevrolet #wqee #ckrt Eli Ong Digital Supervising Producer & Sports Journalist WGN 9 – Chicago’s Very Own 2501 W Bradley Pl. Chicago, IL 60618 Newsroom: (773) 883-3203 Email: [email protected]