Beth Finke
Writer, Eight Forty-Eight
Beth Finke's first commentary for NPR's Morning Edition was inspired by her work as a nude model for art students. She began writing commentaries for Chicago Public Radio in 2003 and her Eight Forty-Eight piece about the World Champion White Sox garnered both a 2005 Lisagor Award for radio sports reporting and top prize in Journalism Excellence from the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association. Beth Finke is the author of the memoir Long Time, No See. Her articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the University of Chicago Alumni Magazine, The Writer and The Bark. She speaks at conferences about disabilities, writing, and dogs, but she no longer models nude.
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