Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Jamie Kalven

Jamie Kalven

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 16, 2024  by Wehwalt (talk) 19:13, 1 February 2024 (UTC)



Jamie Kalven (born c. 1949) is an American journalist, author, human rights activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. He founded the Invisible Institute, a non-profit journalism organization based in Chicago's South Side. Kalven has been referred to as a "guerrilla journalist" by Chicago journalist Studs Terkel. His work in the city has included reporting on police misconduct and poor conditions of public housing. Kalven won a landmark court case – Kalven v. City of Chicago – which held that police misconduct records are public information under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Thereafter, the Institute became a hub for information related to police misconduct in Chicago. In the aftermath of the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald by a police officer, Kalven received accolades for obtaining a copy of an autopsy report showing that McDonald had been shot 16 times execution-style, contradicting official reports of a single gunshot wound.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Olive Morris, June 16, 2022
 * Main editors: Edge3
 * Promoted: January 11, 2024
 * Reasons for nomination: This year's iteration of Sunshine Week goes from March 10 through March 16, the latter date which happens to be National Freedom of Information Day. So I'd like to propose the TFA for March 16 (first preference), or any day between March 10 – 15 (second preference).
 * Support as nominator. Edge3 (talk) 04:54, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Pinging for awareness, per our prior conversation at Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Jamie Kalven/archive1. Edge3 (talk) 04:59, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Support for 16 March. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:15, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Support for March 16. voorts (talk/contributions) 16:09, 20 January 2024 (UTC)