Feder: NBC 5 mentor Renee Ferguson boosts Pete Buttigieg campaign

When Pete Buttigieg officially kicked off his 2020 presidential bid on Sunday, a former Chicago television news reporter was front and center, Robert Feder writes.

Among those leading the cheers for the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was Renee Ferguson, the longtime broadcast journalist who retired from NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 in 2008.

Get the full report, and more Chicago media news, at robertfeder.com.