Host: Tom Skilling;
Writers: Tom Skilling & Pam Grimes;
Producer: Pam Grimes;
News Photographer: Lori Bullerdick;
Editors: Lori Bullerdick, Kim Rivera & Mike Sweeney;
Aerial Photography: Don Willis & Victor Suarez;
Graphics: Dennis Marinosci, Linda Sato & Sandra Iannone;
Assistant News Director: Carol Fowler;
News Director: Steve Ramsey;
[AI-Generated Summary] This broadcast showcases a joint venture between WGN-TV and the Chicago Tribune to overhaul and expand the newspaper’s daily weather coverage into a full-color, full-page section. Hosted by longtime meteorologist Tom Skilling, the program highlights the enhanced visual graphics for local, regional, and national forecasts, seven-day outlooks, and reader Q&A features tailored specifically for print. It explores Skilling’s lifelong passion for meteorology—tracing his childhood interest in weather patterns, his teenage radio start in Aurora, and his rise as a prominent Chicago broadcaster. Finally, the special offers a comprehensive step-by-step tour of the daily newspaper production workflow, following the creation of weather graphics from the WGN Weather Center through editorial fact-checking at Tribune Tower, high-speed late-night printing at the Freedom Center facility, and ultimate distribution across the region.
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