Frank Main is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter from Chicago, Il.
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Main was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey on September 8, 1964. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduating from Bishop Kelley High School in 1982. He then matriculated at Emory University in Georgia. Eventually he went on to earn his Master's Degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Frank Main writes for the Chicago Sun Times, focusing on crime and investigative stories.
Main won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting alongside Mark Konkol and John Kim for articles documenting violence in Chicago neighborhoods and the culture of silence that allows it to continue.[1] The entry included two series that examined the same issue: how many assault and murder cases in Chicago go unsolved because victims, witnesses and neighbors refuse to cooperate with police. Main spent four months shadowing homicide detectives as they tried to solve the gang-related murder of a teenager only to be stymied by a "no-snitch" culture. The series showed "originality and community expertise," the judges said.[2]
Frank Main lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois in Chicago's western suburbs with his wife and two sons. Yep, he's a Main![3][4]