Lisa
Parker joins the DePaul Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence as a Winter Quarter Fellow, on the heels of her career at NBC5 Chicago, where she ran the consumer investigative unit for 27 years.
At NBC5, Parker broke multiple national stories, which led to change and reform in the consumer safety world, including reports on the issue of keyless emission-related deaths, the “Bye-bye Syndrome” involving backover deaths of small children, errors in credit reporting, toxic chemicals in children's products, and the lack of seatbelts in the rear center seat of passenger vehicles manufactured prior to a federal safety law, which was introduced after a legislator saw Parker’s reporting.
Parker is the recipient of 17 Midwest Emmys, three Gracie Allen Alliance for Women in Media awards, as well as various other state and local awards. She attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, speaks proficient Spanish, and lives in Oak Park with her family and ill-behaved rescue puppy.