MAIA MCDONALD
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MAIA MCDONALD ✿
Videos and Podcast Episodes
Maia has produced and/or been featured in several videos to talk about her reporting. She’s also been a guest on multiple Chicago-based podcasts and even produced a couple. A selection of these can be found below.
Chicago’s legacy of racial discrimination continues as Black seniors face more obstacles in improving their homes and neighborhoods. A video to accompany “Black seniors in Chicago face 50/50 odds of getting home loans to make improvements,” an investigative story from the Investigative Project on Race and Equity. Prod. by Maia McDonald.
An episode of Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices on WTTW, Chicago’s PBS station, featuring Chicago journalist Maia McDonald and photographer Efrain Soriano for Borderless Magazine, discussing their reporting on recent flooding in and around Chicago.
A short-documentary Maia filmed and edited on the history of Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago in 2019 while still reporting at Free Spirit Media’s The Real Chi newsroom. Prod. by Maia McDonald.
A video filmed and produced by Maia McDonald for Block Club Chicago in 2021 about Superdawg, a drive-in hot dog restaurant on Chicago’s North Side. Prod. by Maia McDonald.
A stylized news video about the 2019 Windy City Coop and Eco-yard Tour, filmed and edited by Maia. Prod. by Maia McDonald.
A video about resiliency that Maia worked on with Free Spirit Media and the National Science Foundations’s Learning Partnership in 2020. Prod. by Maia McDonald.
Other videos and podcast episodes featuring or produced by Maia:
VIDEO: Chicago-To-Detroit Underground Railroad Trail Could Become National Park Route | On The Block (WCIU); featuring Maia McDonald
VIDEO: There’s A New Push To Protect A Cute But Threatened Chicago Salamander | On The Block (WCIU); featuring Maia McDonald
VIDEO: Pullman Softball Team Wants More Black & Brown Girls in the Sport | On The Block (WCIU); featuring Maia McDonald
Shuttered Schools Still Vacant, White Fluff Coats Chi, and Cats Get Busy | City Cast Chicago; featuring Maia McDonald*
Episode 25 | The Beverly Teen Advocating For People With Down Syndrome, Like Him | It’s All Good — A Block Club Chicago Podcast; featuring Maia McDonald*
*Asterisks indicate an audio podcast episode.