- Sun-Times Media
- Peter Lisagor
When I last reported on the Lisagor Awards, in mid-January, just 71 entries had been received by the Chicago Headline Club and executive director Aimee DeBat was worried—more worried than she let on.
That’s possibly the highest number of entries in the long history of the awards. “I’m actually pretty flabbergasted by the number—in a very positive way,” said DeBat Tuesday morning. “Monday was crazy” with last-minute entries pouring in; and after midnight, when she went to bed (her office is in her home), she kept being awakened by her ringing Blackberry, as laggards called and called again begging her to cut them some slack. DeBat stood fast.
I think we’re looking at a bigger piece of chicken, I told DeBat. Maybe even veal.
