Media Coverage
WTTW Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
March 27, 2021
Southeast Side Organizers Say Solution to Pollution Problem Includes Clean Industry Jobs – Article and Interview
Chicago Business Journal
March 19, 2021
Manufacturing Renaissance’s executive director named to Biden advisory committee – PDF
Crain's Chicago Business
December 20, 2019
Shift Change. As the Economy Evolves, So Does the Hunt for A ‘Good’ Job – Article
WBEZ Chicago
October 28, 2019
The Manufacturing Mismatch: Manufacturing companies need workers. Chicago has plenty. But linking them together may require a regionally coordinated effort. – Article
WBEZ Chicago
March 29, 2019
‘Don’t Quit, Just Call’: Chicago’s Young Manufacturers Are Banding Together To Navigate The Industry – Article and Interview
Forbes
January 28, 2019
Saving Manufacturing Jobs And Boosting Entrepreneurial Opportunity In Chicagoland – Article
Chicago Tribune
January 17, 2019
The boss is retiring. The kids don’t want to take over. Family-owned manufacturers confront a succession ‘crisis’ – Article
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
October 10, 2018
On To 2050 Plan. A comprehensive regional plan to guide investments and priorities for the region. MR staff profiled in the plan – Erica Staley & Torres Hughes
American Enterprise Institute
April 23, 2018
What Works: Austin Polytechnical Academy – Article
Austin Weekly News
June 1, 2017
Manufacturing’s dirty little secret? It works for residents seeking stable, high-skilled jobs, say leaders – Article
Austin Weekly News
September 27, 2016
Austin program hopes to fill black manufacturing void – Article
Story Corps
February 25, 2016
Erica Swinney (39) and her father and boss Dan Swinney (71) discuss Dan’s history as a community organizer and labor force activist, and how that led to his current work in manufacturing education. – Interview
WBEZ Chicago
February 7, 2014
CPS School Update. The Barbershop Show – Interview
WBEZ Chicago
November 2, 2012
What happened to American manufacturing? Afternoon Shift Interview
PBS News Hour
December 2, 2010
Advanced Manufacturing is Focus of Chicago School – Article and Video
New York Times
October 19, 2010
Students Aim for Success With a New View of Vocational School – Article