Sam Stecklow
Sam Stecklow (he/him) is a journalist for the Invisible Institute. He works on the Civic Police Data Project, investigations throughout the organization, and II’s initiative to expand its police data and journalism work throughout Illinois. Sam has been II’s lead FOIA journalist since 2018. Outside of the Invisible Institute, Sam has been an editor with the South Side Weekly for over seven years, a journalist on a collaborative team between the Salt Lake Tribune and PBS Frontline that investigated police shootings throughout Utah, and a FOIA consultant for organizations such as Preservation Chicago and the Chicago Independent Media Alliance. His reporting and editing has won and been a finalist for local and national awards. As a freelance writer, Sam has appeared in New York Magazine, Chicago Magazine, the Chicago Reader, Salt Lake City Weekly, The Awl, Gawker, The Morning News, and MEL Magazine.
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Illinois promised answers after fatal officer-involved shootings and other deaths at the hands of law enforcement. But some prosecutors, including some in the Metro East, stay silent. -
Experts say vague wording has resulted in a patchwork system across the state, leaving transparency to the discretion of local officials. -
Grayson remains jailed on charges that include first degree murder. -
This story is a collaboration between Invisible Institute, IPM Newsroom, and Illinois Times -
Sheriff Jack Campbell has refused calls to resign following the death of Sonya Massey.
