“Anyone can give a report. Not everyone is a reporter.” - J. Coyden Palmer
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Last Chance to Purchase Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coins
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Anjanae Hunter Missing from Lansing, Illinois
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Part III "Wanted at Home" Looks at the Food and Energy Insecurity Crisis in Nigeria with Exiled Journalist David Hundeyin
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Part II of "Wanted at Home" Discusses Crime and Poverty in Nigeria with Journalist David Hundeyin
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WANTED at Home: Our Exclusive Q&A with Nigerian Investigative Reporter and Nigeria's Most Wanted Man David Hundeyin
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Bigotry and Politicalization Towards WNBA Players and Media is Hurting the Game
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Who Will Win the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award? Your Guess is as Good as Mine
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Cam Newton and Nick Cannon are "Not Like Us" When it Comes to Family Values and Sexual Responsibility
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A Huge Thank You to the Illinois Law Enforcement Community
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Three Black-owned Restaurants You Should Visit When in Chicago
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Please No More Ralph Lauren Olympic Designs
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Was the Squeeze Worth the Juice NABJ?
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Who Makes the Best Jollof Rice?
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Time for National Association of Black Journalists to Find New President
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Chicagoans Shamier Little and Tori Franklin Heading to Paris Olympics
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NASCAR's Bubba Wallace Brings the Party to Chicago's West Side
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Chicago Minister Missing In Joliet Possibly a Victim of Foul Play Says Family and Friends
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Joliet Teen Missing Since January Feared to be Trafficked, According to Family
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No Longer a Riot as Riot Fest Moves Out of Chicago
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Six Flags Great America Now Open Daily with Sky Striker Coming Soon!
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Keeping the Community Green
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Time for Lebron James to Retire...
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Sky Must Build on Momentum, Not Just a Moment
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UPDATE: Nigerian American Elijah Okunola Found Safe
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Person of Interest Held in Missing Milwaukee Woman's Case
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No "Good Times" in Netflix's Latest Comedy
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Do More, Be More, Like Howard Moore
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"What's Up Cuz!?" Talks Super Bowl LVIII and Usher's Halftime show
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Crisis in the Sky
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Northwestern's Chris Lowrey Joins "What's Up Cuz?!"
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COMING DECEMBER 22nd "The Return" A three-part series on Black Americans returning to Ghana
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The "What's Up Cuz?!" Top 10 Sports Stories of 2023 Keep you Laughing
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Nigeria Amongst 12 African Nations on 2024 Emergency Watchlist by Respected International Organization
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Six Flags Fright Fest Still the Best in Midwest
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Chicago Sky Have a New General Manager
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Teacher Who Helped African Immigrants Passes as Chicago Mayor Honors His Memory
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Man Arrested in the Murder of Rapper Tupac Shakur Nearly 30 years after His Death
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Nigerian President Uses Fake Diploma from Chicago State University Courts Must Decide What Happens Next
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Africans Deserve a Better U.S. Immigration Policy Too
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Former NFL Player Missing from Chicago Area Since Saturday
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Howard Griffith of the Big 10 Network Talks College Football and NCAA Realignment
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Sit Your Old Asses Down
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Alvin Washington Jr. aka Vince Brown Popular Chicago Media Member Dies at 51
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Skylar Diggins-Smith vs. Phoenix Mercury Not a Good Look for WNBA
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Carlee Russell's Lie Only Strengthens My Resolve in Finding Missing Black People
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Chicago's African/Caribbean Festival Celebrates 30 Years
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Makyrah Woolfolk Missing from Hyde Park
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Let's Run This Race Back NASCAR
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It's Summertime Chi!
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Missouri Coach Arielle Wilson Talks Increasing Participation of Black Kids in Volleyball
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Stop Shooting Innocent People!
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Who Runs Chicago? Not You Lori!
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Minnesota Close to Creating an Office Focused on Missing and Murdered Black Women
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Brandon Johnson Best of Bad Options for Mayor of Chicago
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New Invention Helps Maintain Natural Black Hairstyles While You Sleep
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Sydney Carter Sticking up for Dymes
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Thank You Candace & Company
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Chris Zorich Speaks on Bears Hiring Kevin Warren and HBCU Athletics
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It Hurts More Because it's Brothas Who Did It
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Chicago's Lindblom High School Featured in New Exhibit at Illinois State Museum in Springfield
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Chicago Bears are on the Clock
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Teen and Elderly Woman Missing from Chicago
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One Year after Publication How This Book is Changing Hockey Culture
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The Bears' Grass is Ass
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Hey Creepy Guys, Leave Female Sports Reporters Alone
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CPS, Make Swimming a Graduation Requirement
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Bubba Wallace and NASCAR Coming to Chicago
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Did Father of Highland Park Gunman Lie to State Police
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Missing Man Left Suicide Note
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Just Arrest Her Lying Ass Already
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Nike Shoe Factory Store Manager Laurent Crawford
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Missing 17 year-old from Chicago in Danger
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Medal Wear Golf Apparel is Right on Par
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One-on-One with Shasta Averyhardt
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Names and Photos of White Supremacists Arrested in Idaho Released to Public
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The Chilling Words from a Racist Killer
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Chicago Actress Andrea Dean Missing
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Child Porn Charges Against Basketball Director in Little Rock
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What's it Like to Play for Bobby Knight? Not What You Think Said A.J. Guyton
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African Americans Face All Kinds of Threats
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Stop Giving up Your Rights at Traffic Stops
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Finally Justice for Abraham Bolden
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How Do We Protect Our Sistahs?
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This is No Defense for Self-Defense
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14 Year-Old Chicago Boy Still Missing Six Months Later
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A Heartbreaking Alopecia Testimony
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Who Killed Aaliyah Newell?
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Why Black Americans are Neutral on Russia/Ukraine
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Services Announced for Dr. J. W. Smith
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Georgia Politician Dishes the Facts on Omicron
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Chicago State's Trayvon Palmer Makes History
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Lawmaker Who Voted Against Concealed Carry Law Carjacked in Her Own District
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EXCLUSIVE: South Suburban Woman Says She was Wrongly Arrested for DUI then Raped by Illinois Troopers
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UPDATE GOOD NEWS: Delta Sigma Theta Member Missing in Arizona Found Safely
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Do You Need a Second Gun?
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Museum on History of Torture Techniques Opening in Chicago
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Sky-Town Championship Celebration
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Help Find Missing DePaul Student
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Funeral for Illinois State Trooper is Saturday in Chicago
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Rena Baker Missing from Chicago
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CONVICTED
J. Coyden Palmer is a two-time NNPA award-winning freelance journalist. Born and raised in the Chatham community on the South Side of Chicago, his work has appeared in various publications over the past 25 years, including the Citizen, Crusader and Final Call newspapers. He served as an associate editor at Referee magazine and has written for NAACP’s Crisis. He started Jcoydenreports in 2021.