Pat Wingert went on from her time as Editor in Chief of the Daily Illini to work at the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, and a 25-year career as a correspondent for Newsweek. Wingert was named a Spencer Fellow at Columbia University, where she spent a year researching and writing about education. She is currently a reporter for the nonprofit Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media.
WPGU News Correspondent Owen Henderson sits down with Wingert to discuss her career and time at The Daily Illini.
Read The Daily Illini's profile of Pat Wingert here.
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