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Edwin hosts "The Big Picture" on WCPT820 AM. He's the former CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, a long-time management consultant, a former Chicago Alderman, HUD Regional Administrator and teacher in Chicago's public schools.
✨Former journalist talking about journalism✨
A former TV news exec, reporter & producer from the great Chicago journalism tradition of 'If your mother says she loves you, check it out.'