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Justin Anderson, Former Photojournalist

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Throughout the pandemic, numerous staff members have written about COVID-19's devastating impact on small businesses.

[Photo] A year for the books: The Chronicle looks back on 2020

By Mari Devereaux and Kendall Polidori
My dad, Jim Anderson, is the majority owner and sole operator of Portland Provisions, a Portland, Maine-based food supply company that opened in 2015. The business has no physical location but shares a cooler with Pat's Meat Market, a local butcher shop co-owned by a Portland Provisions partner.

Column: Family and business in the age of the coronavirus—love and time lost

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Freshman arts management major Emma Ivy finds time to make music, work at Shop Columbia and create her own earring business while taking 18 course credits.

[Photo] DIY jobs: Pandemic fails to stop students’ drive to create side hustles

By Dyana Daniels, Staff Reporter
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[Photo] Global pandemic creates a world of problems for Columbia’s international community

By Jonah Ocuto, Staff Reporter
Junior design management major Imani Kutti operates a one-woman fashion line, incorporating aspects of her African heritage.

[Video] Student brings African heritage to the Chicago fashion scene

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
Two Dwight residents use a bin to move their belongings out of the dorm building, which will close due to the coronavirus pandemic.

[Photo] ‘I don’t feel like I have a home anymore’: Students scramble after dorms closed

By Alexandra Yetter, Editor-in-Chief
Students pack up their belongings to leave the Dwight dorm building, Saturday, March 14.

[Photo] BREAKING: Campus buildings, dorms to close; Columbia community member diagnosed with coronavirus

By Alexandra Yetter, Editor-in-Chief
Volunteer election judges at Jones College Prep, 700 S State St., wear gloves and masks to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

[Photo] Joe Biden wins Illinois primary; some Illinoisans go to polls despite coronavirus fears

By Alexandra Yetter, Editor-in-Chief
Febreezja Couch won the 2019 pageant, scoring the association more than $4,000, which helped the Red Liners fund travel to tournaments across North America.

Chicago Gay Hockey Association’s second drag beauty pageant scores big

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
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[Photo] From campus to the city: College students can make or break food waste epidemic

By Alexandra Yetter, Editor-in-Chief
The Wave Film Festival hosted 15 local, national and international organizations at tables in the lobby outside Film Row Cinema, 1104 South Wabash Ave.

The first annual Wave Film Festival makes a splash at Columbia

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
(Right) Jill Biden, wife of former Vice President Joe Biden, joins Mayor Lori Lightfoot (center) and Sen. Dick Durbin (left) as they endorse Joe Biden for president.

[Photo] Lightfoot and Durbin endorse Biden, opinion split among faculty, students

By Mari Devereaux and June Keating
Posters emphasizing the importance of washing one’s hands to combat the coronavirus have been put up in various locations across campus.

[Photo] Columbia joins colleges preparing for the worst in face of coronavirus outbreak

By Jonah Ocuto, Staff Reporter
Tori Lee is the exhibit developer who brought "A Natural Talent: The Taxidermy of Carl Cotton" to the Field Museum.

[Photo] Field Museum honors museum’s first African American taxidermist Carl Cotton

By Paige Barnes, News editor
During his presentation, held at 600 S. Michigan Ave., nine-time Emmy award-winning Director Don Roy King questions the importance of awards, saying the judges used to spend an entire weekend watching every nominated show vote for whatever interests them rather than which show had the best direction.

[Photo] Director Don Roy King on the day he became a jerk and the legacy of SNL

By Isaiah Colbert, Staff reporter
Quavo, one of the three Migos, helps give away free Adidas YZY QNTM shoes from the passenger seat of a Russian Sherp ATV.

[Photo] Chicago ‘YZY QNTM’ giveaway draws hundreds, creates chaos

By Isaiah Colbert, Staff reporter
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[Photo] Ready, set, undress: Hundreds run in their undies for charity

By Mateusz Janik, Staff reporter
Owen Clarke, friendship bracelet.

The tokens they carry

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Mark Szafaran holds Woodstock Willie, who has played a part in the town's Groundhog Day celebration since the former mayor, Bill Anderson, requested a groundhog be present in 1997, the same year the groundhog costume was introduced.

‘That’s right, woodchuck chuckers—it’s Groundhog Day’

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Incumbent Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) speaks with supporters after the candidate forum for Illinois's 1st Congressional District, hosted by the First Unitarian Church of Chicago, Thursday, Jan. 23.

[Photo] Candidates tackle health care, the environment and the economy in 1st Congressional District

By Mateusz Janik, Staff Reporter
(From left) WBEZ’s Jerome McDonnell; Donald Wuebbles, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Illinois; and Troy Peters from Audubon speak to the City Club of Chicago about ways to lower the carbon footprint.

[Photo] ‘We ain’t got it’: Panelists discuss Chicago’s need for aggressive environmental protection

By Mari Devereaux, Managing Editor
Delvin McCray's brick-and-mortar boutique for his second fashion line, REDD by Delvin McCray, inhabits the first floor of Block 37, 108 N. State St.

[Photo] Project Runway contestant Delvin McCray has done sew much after his time at Columbia

By Paige Barnes, News Editor
Opinion: It is OK to pause the hustle

Opinion: It is OK to pause the hustle

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
"Andy Warhol, from A to B and back again" will remain open through Sunday, Jan. 26 at the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.

[Photo] The contradictions of Warhol: more than pop and color

By Melissa Rossato, Contributing Writer
Thousands of marchers make their way down Adams Street during the Chicago Women's March, Saturday, Jan. 18.

Chicago’s fourth Women’s March, in photos

By Justin Anderson and Camilla Forte
March for Life Chicago claims to be the largest pro-life event in the Midwest. Over 8,000 were in attendance during 2019's march.

Chicago’s March for Life attracts anti-abortion supporters, counter-protesters and white nationalists

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Organizers from My Block, My Hood, My City hand out boxes of decorations to volunteers in Tuley Park, 501 E. 90th Place, Sunday, Dec. 8.

Volunteers deck the halls of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Students enter flu season with little assistance from college

Students enter flu season with little assistance from college

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Civil rights activist Angela Davis gives her keynote speech.

Angela Davis helps kick off refounding of organization born from her 1970 arrest

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Pivot Point Academy does a guest's hair and makeup before the MasQUEERade begins.

MasQUEERade Ball gives youth a space to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Supporters surround Alejandra Cano after her immigration check-in, Thursday, Nov. 14.

Immigration officials decide Alejandra Cano must return for a second check-in

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
El Chapo holds back his jacket to reveal his Detroit pride while competing in the partial beard freestyle category.

Competitors itching to win the beard and moustache competition

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
Bonfire is the University of Illinois at Chicago’s new student-run newspaper.

[Photo] Students start grassroots effort to provide a student newspaper to UIC

By Alexandra Yetter, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Brian Gybboney trades the classic red and black Harley Quinn for a glittering pink and white version, Oct. 31.

Boystown ends October with a Halloween extravaganza

By Justin Anderson, Photojournalist
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