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Jake Cox

Lisagor Award-winning journalist specializing in audience engagement, newsletter production and news product development. I create content and refine strategy that connects reporting with readers from email campaigns, to platform strategy, data tools and more.

Currently on the newsletter desk at Block Club Chicago. Previously Digital Managing Editor of The DePaulia. DePaul University, graduating June 2026.

Available for full-time & contract work →

Featured Project

Stories

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The Windy City Times Told LGBTQ+ Stories When No One Else Would. 40 Years Later, They're Still At It
Resilience Arts Fest To Showcase Stories From Prison And Beyond: 'Art Humanizes People'
Queer Radical Fair Returns, Celebrating Acceptance Through Fashion
'That's not doing security to me': Security guard relocated off DePaul campus
4th Place, Best News Story — ACP
James Baldwin's enduring legacy on display at DePaul

Newsletters

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Proud City (Holiday Edition)
Proud City (June 12, 2025)
Afternoon Digest (January 9, 2026)

Data & News Products

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html + javascript
Sports Betting Tax News App

Interactive calculator showing how Illinois' new per-wager tax on sports gambling affects bettors. Built to accompany an investigative story on the law's real-world impact.

Reporting Repo
python + beautifulsoup
Illinois General Assembly Web Scraper

Automated tool that collected public testimony data from the Illinois legislature to measure opposition to a proposed homeschooling regulation bill. The data powered an investigative report on the political fight.

Reporting Scraper