From Reporting to Bartending: A Quirky Transition

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This chapter follows a rookie reporter's unexpected shift from journalism to bartending at the Mirage in 2018 after a humorous encounter with the managing editor. It also explores a Chicago newspaper's innovative strategy to combat systemic corruption by purchasing a bar to expose bribery issues among city officials. Through vivid storytelling, the chapter highlights the challenges and unexpected moments that shaped this ambitious undercover operation.

In 1977, a new bar opened on North Wells Street in Chicago. Things weren’t as they seemed at the aptly named “Mirage Tavern.”

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