Lee V. Gaines
Lee V. Gaines is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, Crain’s, the Pacific Standard and the Marshall Project. She also recently completed a fellowship with Chicago non-profit journalism lab, City Bureau.
Lee has more than six years of experience producing breaking news, magazine-length feature stories and investigative reports on subjects including education, the medical marijuana industry, criminal justice reform, social justice, local and regional politics, in addition to stories about Chicago’s thriving music and arts scene.
A Rhode Island native, Lee began her career as a staff reporter for GateHouse Media New England covering the Boston suburbs.
Lee reports on education from Illinois Public Media as part of the Illinois Newsroom regional journalism collaborative.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued new restrictions Monday on international students planning to attend American colleges and universities… -
URBANA – Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a saliva-based COVID-19 test. During a webinar hosted Tuesday by U... -
About half of Gladys Marquez's students can't access the internet at home. Marquez teaches English language learners at Dwight Eisenhower High School in... -
When Ralph Gray transferred from one prison in Illinois to another, he didn’t know the move would mean sacrificing access to an education.Gray guessed he… -
Practicing yoga could lead to improved brain health, according to a University of Illinois review of the available research on how the practice affects… -
Prospective undergraduate students applying to the University of Illinois’ three campuses won’t be asked about their criminal histories until after… -
The Illinois Department of Corrections has revised its publication review policy to include a centralized appeal process for incarcerated people who feel… -
Yuliana Quintana worries she won’t succeed in college because she didn’t have access to lab equipment, Advanced Placement classes, and other resources... -
Four swastikas were found on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus in the last two weeks. The hate symbols were found drawn or carved in two… -
When Francisco Gamino arrived at Parkland College four years ago, he didn’t know how to balance work and find the time he needed to study.
