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Madhu Krishnamurthy

Staff Writer

Madhu Krishnamurthy is a staff writer who currently covers governments and schools within Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Rosemont and environs, human interest and political stories, as well as diversity topics.

Madhu joined the Daily Herald in 2000 in the Lake County bureau. After eight years there, she joined the Cook County staff in January 2009. Madhu is one of a few mobile-journalists at the Daily Herald producing multimedia projects including her own photos and videos. She chairs the Editorial Diversity Committee and is a member of the Paddock's companywide Diversity Committee whose goals are to broaden employees' understanding of the various cultures represented within and reflect the diversity of the communities it serves through its news products. Madhu has done extensive work covering issues facing the Muslim, Arab, Latino and Hindu communities in the suburbs.

She has been a frequent guest on ABC 7 Chicago News, and has given several radio interviews about her exclusive news reports. Madhu was a finalist for the 2010 Peter Lisagor Award for Best Investigative Reporting, and was part of a team of reporters who won the 2010 Lisagor Award for Best Deadline Reporting.

Prior to joining the Daily Herald, she worked at The Edmond Sun, a small daily newspaper covering Edmond, Okla. There she worked as a writer, copy editor and paginator, designing and laying out the front and inside sections of the paper every day. She interned at the Daily Oklahoman and The Edmond Sun after graduating from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1998 with a bachelor of arts in newspaper journalism. She is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association-Chicago and the South Asian Journalists Association.

She speaks four languages: English, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil, and is currently learning Spanish. Madhu grew up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where her interest in journalism was first sparked by watching 24/7 CNN coverage of the Persian Gulf War.

A first generation immigrant to the U.S., Madhu lives on Chicago's Northwest side. To view Madhu's professional Facebook page, visit DhMadhuKrishnamurthy or follow her on Twitter at dh_madhuk.

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Elk Grove Park District looks into video gambling

May 25 2012 | 6:01 pm - The Elk Grove Park District is considering whether to have video gambling machines at Fox Run Golf Links. "We feel that we owe it to our residents to at least explore all the potential revenue sources, and that is just one," Board President Bill...

Elk Grove Village gets input on video gambling

May 23 2012 | 12:42 pm - The Elk Grove Village Board heard public input on whether the village should allow video gambling. The board will decide whether to lift the village's ban at its June 19 meeting. Some residents and industry experts supported gambling, while others...

Des Plaines approves 7-story parking deck, 9-story hotel

May 23 2012 | 3:51 pm - The Des Plaines City Council Monday night approved preliminary plans for a massive parking garage and a 180-room hotel on a long-vacant property near O'Hare International Airport. Plans include a 7-story parking deck, a roughly 4,000-square-foot...

Elk Grove Village approves raising water, sewer rates

May 09 2012 | 12:46 am - Elk Grove Village residents will be paying higher fees for water and sewer services starting Aug. 1. The village board Tuesday night approved a 17 percent increase to the villages combined water and sewer rate for the...

Elk Grove Village invites resident input on video gambling

May 09 2012 | 3:20 pm - Elk Grove Village will conduct a public hearing on May 22 to garner resident input on whether the village should allow video gambling, Mayor Craig Johnson said Tuesday. Once we approve it, anyone with a liquor license...

Questions linger about family begging at Arlington Heights corner

May 08 2012 | 5:39 am - Since a story ran about a near homeless family begging at the intersection of the Jane Addams Tollway and Arlington Heights Road, some people have expressed interest in helping them and others have questioned the family's story, bringing up the...

Call to eliminate unincorporated land gets mixed reaction

May 03 2012 | 5:43 pm - Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan said Cook County's proposal that suburbs annex the county's remaining unincorporated land is absurd, pointing out the costs will be great and the county isn't offering any incentive. "We are not going to balance Cook...

Fittest Loser winner vows to keep going

May 04 2012 | 2:10 pm - It was the culmination of 12 weeks of hard work, waking up early, eating healthy and making correct choices — and worth every bit of the pain. So said 25-year-old Michael White of West Dundee on Thursday after losing a whopping 84 pounds, or...

Suburban consortium chooses energy supplier

May 01 2012 | 10:59 am - A consortium of seven North and Northwest suburbs has opted to go with Chicago-based Integrys Energy Services as its electricity supplier, a move expected to save the towns' 260,000 residents 42 percent on their energy supply costs over ComEd's...

MB Financial sponsors The Park at Rosemont for $3 million

May 01 2012 | 6:15 pm - Rosemont's fledgling entertainment district has a new name, and the village has another $3 million. Village leaders announced Tuesday they've struck a deal with MB Financial Bank - the town's largest employer - to name the sprawling complex of...

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