As senior content developer for Chicago Public Radio, Justin is responsible for the Chicago Public Radio Web site. He is also a rotating host for the Chicago Public Radio arts program
Hello Beautiful. Justin is an ensemble member of the comedy group
Schadenfreude, which formerly had a weekly radio program on Chicago Public Radio.
Justin joined the staff of Chicago Public Radio in the summer of 1994 as an associate producer for the program, Talk of the City, later becoming a producer for the programs Metropolis and the John Dempsey Show. He was also a founding senior producer for Eight Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio’s award-winning weekday morning newsmagazine.
Justin is the recipient of two James Beard Foundation Awards for his culinary reports with Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky. He has also earned Peter Lisagor Awards, Illinois Associated Press awards and a Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) Award.
Justin has a B.S. in Journalism from Columbia College in Chicago.
Originally from Wonder Lake, Illinois, Justin resides in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago with his wife, Julie and his son, Miles.