Bloyd-Peshkin looks to ‘be useful and do good’ in her new role - Forest Park Review

Bloyd-Peshkin looks to ‘be useful and do good’ in her new role - Forest Park Review

Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, a Forest Park resident who lived in Oak Park for 28 years, was first drawn to journalism because she loved to tell stories that benefit people. After many years as a professor of journalism at Columbia College Chicago’s School of Communications and Culture, and before that as editor of Chicago Parent Magazine, she will begin a new position at the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) next week, a full-circle moment for a journ…