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Gregory Royal Pratt

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Gregory Royal Pratt

@royalpratt

Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. @ctguild. I'm just trying to make my city a better place

Joined November 2009

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Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
May 4
We won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting @chicagotribune! Our entire newsroom covered Midway Blitz with everything we had. I’ve never been prouder of the Tribune or its commitment to the truth. It’s an honor to be part of this team.
Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Dec 28, 2025
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/chi…
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Gregory Royal Pratt
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May 19, 2021
I am a Latino reporter @chicagotribune whose interview request was granted for today. However, I asked the mayor’s office to lift its condition on others and when they said no, we respectfully canceled. Politicians don’t get to choose who covers them.
Mary Ann Ahern
@MaryAnnAhernNBC
May 18, 2021
As ⁦@ChicagosMayor⁩ reaches her two year midway point as mayor, her spokeswoman says Lightfoot is granting 1 on 1 interviews - only to Black or Brown journalists
Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Jan 5, 2022
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said teachers who do not come into work tomorrow will be put on no pay status.
Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Nov 9, 2025
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Oct 14, 2025
NEWS: WGN-TV producer hires attorney to ‘pursue all legal actions’ after ICE detention.
WGN-TV producer hires attorney to ‘pursue all legal avenues’ after ICE detention
From chicagotribune.com
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Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Oct 12, 2025
ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
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Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Nov 3, 2025
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
From chicagotribune.com
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Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Nov 13, 2025
NEWS: Diana Santillana, the beloved Rayito De Sol daycare teacher arrested with children present, was freed after a federal judge ruled her mandatory detention was illegal. She will be back teaching soon. “I am so grateful,” she said.
Chicago day care teacher arrested by ICE released: ‘I am so grateful’
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Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Mar 3, 2022
NEWS: A lawsuit against the city by a former Park District attorney alleges that Mayor Lori Lightfoot berated staff in obscene terms over Columbus statue, told them “My dick is bigger than yours and the Italians, I have the biggest dick in Chicago.” chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-li…
Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Nov 7, 2025
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by @mandophotos
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Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Feb 28, 2022
A colleague sent me this 2020 email from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. I could teach a journalism class about it.
Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Mar 15, 2020
BREAKING: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will order all restaurants across the state to be closed to dine-in customers in a further attempt to curb the coronavirus. Delivery and drive up will remain open. This’ll be effective end of business tomorrow. @chicagotribune
Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Sep 13, 2023
NEWS: Mayor Brandon Johnson has started a group to explore the possibility of a municipally owned grocery store in Chicago, a city with vast stretches on South and West Side without good shopping options.
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Gregory Royal Pratt
@royalpratt
Oct 24, 2025
Federal agents tear gassing in Lakeview Chicago
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