@_ViMiller

@Suntimes reporter, @CSTGuild member | she/her 🏳️‍⚧️ | Bylines: @dailyherald, @PhoenixLoyola

 Chicago, IL
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Joined December 2013
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finally made the jump! you can also find me @_ViMiller on the picture-focused platform. i’ll still be here but less and less as time goes on.
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CSTGuild.bsky.social@CSTGuildSep 1
Our fight for AI protections isn’t just for us, it’s for the integrity of your local news. Human journalists: -verify info we publish -have meaningful connections with our communities -put creativity/emotion into our stories AI can’t. Tell CPM management what you think below ⬇️
CSTGuild.bsky.social@CSTGuildAug 28
Join us in demanding no layoffs due to AI from Chicago Public Media! Emails for CPM’s management are in the reply ⬇️
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Alice Yin@byaliceyinAug 26
Max Tani@maxwelltaniAug 25
In a statement, WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot defends Druckenmiller's use of AI to write Monday's op ed, saying "AI is a fact of modern life," and "nobody can doubt that his op-ed is his genuine opinion."
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CSTGuild.bsky.social@CSTGuildAug 25
Today our members showed up to bargaining to once again tell CPM we're asking for real protection: • No layoffs due to generative Al • No cutting hours/pay due to GenAl • No eliminating future jobs to make room for GenAl • GenAl can't write or create our editorial content
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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere
@TylerLaRiviereAug 25
There's also talks that management wants to use generative AI for visual content as well.
CSTGuild.bsky.social@CSTGuildAug 21
The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for generative AI protections at the bargaining table. Follow along as we continue to push for a fair contract.
White text on black background reading: “The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for protections against generative Al at the bargaining table. Here's what we're asking for ->” as well as the Sun-Times Guild Local 34071 logo

ALT White text on black background reading: “The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for protections against generative Al at the bargaining table. Here's what we're asking for ->” as well as the Sun-Times Guild Local 34071 logo

White text in black background with the Guild logo faintly behind it reading: “We're asking for real protection: • No layoffs due to Al • No cutting hours or pay because of Al • No eliminating future jobs to make room for Al • Al can't write or create our editorial content”

ALT White text in black background with the Guild logo faintly behind it reading: “We're asking for real protection: • No layoffs due to Al • No cutting hours or pay because of Al • No eliminating future jobs to make room for Al • Al can't write or create our editorial content”

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CSTGuild.bsky.social@CSTGuildAug 21
The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for generative AI protections at the bargaining table. Follow along as we continue to push for a fair contract.
White text on black background reading: “The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for protections against generative Al at the bargaining table. Here's what we're asking for ->” as well as the Sun-Times Guild Local 34071 logo

ALT White text on black background reading: “The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for protections against generative Al at the bargaining table. Here's what we're asking for ->” as well as the Sun-Times Guild Local 34071 logo

White text in black background with the Guild logo faintly behind it reading: “We're asking for real protection: • No layoffs due to Al • No cutting hours or pay because of Al • No eliminating future jobs to make room for Al • Al can't write or create our editorial content”

ALT White text in black background with the Guild logo faintly behind it reading: “We're asking for real protection: • No layoffs due to Al • No cutting hours or pay because of Al • No eliminating future jobs to make room for Al • Al can't write or create our editorial content”

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CSTGuild.bsky.social@CSTGuildMay 1
Happy International Worker's Day! Chicago is a union town and we’re proud to be part of a long history of solidarity that won us our rights For May Day, we keep up the tradition of many before us as we fight for a fair contract and stand in solidarity with others doing the same
Sun-Times reporter Kaitlin Washburn works at her desk with a Sun-Times Guild t-shirt on her chair and a UNION STRONG sign with both the guild and WBEZ SAG-AFTRA logos on it.

ALT Sun-Times reporter Kaitlin Washburn works at her desk with a Sun-Times Guild t-shirt on her chair and a UNION STRONG sign with both the guild and WBEZ SAG-AFTRA logos on it.

A UNION STRONG sign with both the guild and WBEZ SAG-AFTRA logos on it sits next to a copy of the Sun-Times paper with the Wrigley ray on the cover.

ALT A UNION STRONG sign with both the guild and WBEZ SAG-AFTRA logos on it sits next to a copy of the Sun-Times paper with the Wrigley ray on the cover.

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CSTGuild.bsky.social@CSTGuildApr 29
The Sun-Times Guild and WBEZ’s SAG-AFTRA are UNION STRONG in our fights for a fair contract. We stand together in our respective fights for the pay, protections and assurances the union workers who bring you Chicago’s headlines — online, on the radio and in print — deserve.
Sun-Times Guild members and audience engagement specialists Vanessa Lopez and Phyllis Cha hold a sign that says “UNION STRONG” with both the SAG-AFTRA and the Sun-Times Guild logos on it.

ALT Sun-Times Guild members and audience engagement specialists Vanessa Lopez and Phyllis Cha hold a sign that says “UNION STRONG” with both the SAG-AFTRA and the Sun-Times Guild logos on it.

Sun-Times Guild member and reporter Cindy Hernandez works at her desk with a sign over a second computer monitor that says “UNION STRONG” with both the SAG-AFTRA and the Sun-Times Guild logos on it.

ALT Sun-Times Guild member and reporter Cindy Hernandez works at her desk with a sign over a second computer monitor that says “UNION STRONG” with both the SAG-AFTRA and the Sun-Times Guild logos on it.

Sun-Times Guild member and environmental reporter Brett Chase holds a sign that says “UNION STRONG” with both the SAG-AFTRA and the Sun-Times Guild logos on it.

ALT Sun-Times Guild member and environmental reporter Brett Chase holds a sign that says “UNION STRONG” with both the SAG-AFTRA and the Sun-Times Guild logos on it.

SAG-AFTRA member and WBEZ community engagement editor Al Keefe works at his desk with a sign that says “UNION STRONG” with both SAG-AFTRA and the Sun-Times Guild logo on it pinned to the side.

ALT SAG-AFTRA member and WBEZ community engagement editor Al Keefe works at his desk with a sign that says “UNION STRONG” with both SAG-AFTRA and the Sun-Times Guild logo on it pinned to the side.

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Nick Blumberg@ndblumbergJan 17
The latest Midway Blitz lawsuit tries a new approach, funding whiplash for social service providers, Indiana’s Bears courtship ramps up and more on the Week in Review with the great @cshepherd @jus10chi @Araceli1010 and @_ViMiller — 7p on @wttw and streaming!
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Lizzie Kane@lizzie_kane175 Sep 2025
As I said before, thank you so much to everyone I worked with throughout my time at the Trib. You made the experience both meaningful and memorable. Please reach out if you know of other journalism opportunities out there. You'll be seeing my byline again soon!
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EXCLUSIVE: DHS, ICE and CBP agents — and possibly National Guard troops — would operate from a suburban naval base for much of next month as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to target Chicago, per an email from Navy leadership obtained by CST. chicago.suntimes.com/the-wat…

Trump’s planned Chicago blitz would use naval base to house ICE agents, possibly National Guard

Federal agents would operate out of Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago through September, according to an email from a Navy captain who said there were "a lot of concerns and questions"...

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Lizzie Kane@lizzie_kane1724 Jul 2025
I truly believe that housing is one of the most important issues of our time. I hope you will see my byline again soon. I have too many questions left unanswered for anyone to shut me up for long :) If you know of other journalism opportunities out there, please let me know
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Jon Seidel@SeidelContent22 Jul 2025
“Now more than ever, we need more Tom Durkins.” Chicago lawyer Thomas Durkin, who ensured the rights of 'the most demonized among us,’ dies at 78. By @_ViMiller: chicago.suntimes.com/obituar…

Thomas Durkin dies at 78; Chicago lawyer ensured the rights of 'the most demonized among us'

Thomas Durkin was best known for taking on high-profile federal cases often related to terrorism or civil rights violations. He fought to get clients who were written off by the world the rights and...

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Nick Blumberg@ndblumberg18 Jul 2025
New questions about CPD-ICE, cooperation, more Chicago ethics reforms, billions in federal spending cuts and much more with the great Week in Review panel of @SouthSideWeekly’s Jim Daley, @ad_quig @_ViMiller & @BpopeTV — 7p or streaming on @wttw
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@vimiller.bsky.social@_ViMiller14 Nov 2024
finally made the jump! you can also find me @_ViMiller on the picture-focused platform. i’ll still be here but less and less as time goes on.
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Are you an IL resident with a State Farm home insurance plan? Are you worried about the rate increase? If so, we want to hear from you. Drop a comment or email us at [email protected] with how this could affect your wallet and how you're protecting your home from flooding.
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Chicago Sun-Times
@Suntimes7 Jul 2025
Silver lining? Though the Fourth of July weekend saw nine people killed, 40 injured and two mass shootings, it was Chicago's least violent Independence Day holiday in the past six years. trib.al/epP8Fw2

Chicago sees least violent Fourth of July in at least 6 years

Wednesday’s mass shooting — which left four dead and 14 injured — was not counted in the total.

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Chicago Sun-Times
@Suntimes13 Jun 2025
The Chicago Police Department has handed over documents that include the names, addresses and countries of origin of people targeted by federal immigration authorities, records obtained by the Sun-Times show. trib.al/tOXGslg
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our live coverage is live! I stopped in Evanston before getting downtown, read more about it below and follow for live coverage in this thread. chicago.suntimes.com/live/20…

'No Kings' protests in Chicago, suburbs, nationwide fill streets, plazas to oppose Trump policies

Thousands gathered in Daley Plaza and in suburban events in protests timed to coincide with a military parade in Washington celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th...

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About 100 protesters under the overhang/on the sidewalk here. Tunes are going, people are mostly holding signs and cheering for those dancing.
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I should clarify that 101 W Dearborn is an ICE office. Largely the protests we’ve seen (like last Tuesday) were outside the immigration court at 55 E. Monroe St.
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