SRI Update: Stories on the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid

Panelists discuss "What's Next?" for Chicago's Bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Sept. 14, 2009. Photo credit: Lindsey Drakert

Follow the first of many stories that will come out of McCormick's Specialized Reporting Institute, hosted by DePaul University's College of Communication, on An Inside Look at Chicago's Bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

MSNBC: IOC Member said Obama's Absence Would be Noted

Huffington Post: Obama's Absence from 2016 Olypmics Vote Would be Noted

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/15/obamas-absence-from-2016_n_286969.html

and Paralypmics: Bonus Beyond Olympic Games

Xinhua News Agency: IOC Urges Chicago to Get Obama to Support Olypmic Bid

Photo gallery (compliments of Lindsey Drakert): SRI: An Inside Look at Chicago's Bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Follow EJC600words' TwitPics and read Esther J. Cepeda's "live" blog updates and reflections

Thanks to DePaul's Media Relations team for tracking more coverage by Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Yahoo! Finance, Boston Globe, ABC News and more...

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