I need any and all biographical information about Howard Reich, Music
Critic for the Chicago Tribune.  This might include bios, profiles,
educational background, artistic background, job background, etc.  I
need this information by 4:30 pm CST, TODAY.  9/29/03

davonnas --

Basic biographical information on Howard Reich has been published in a
database for researchers compiled by the Gale Group called
Contemporary Authors Online.  It may be available through your local
public library as part of a Gale Group service called the Biography
Resource Center.

I cannot link you to, or reproduce, the relevant entry because of
copyright considerations, but the basic data published on Mr. Reich
includes the following facts:

Date of birth: April 19, 1954
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois
Education:  Northwestern University, B. Mus., 1977
Career: Arts critic and jazz critic, Chicago Tribune, 1983-
Awards: He was made a Fellow of the Music Critics Association in 1976;
he was awarded a key to the city of Fort Worth, Texas in 1993 and has
received a Beck Award from Chicago Tribune.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003. Reproduced in
Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group.
2003. http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC


I have also found supplementary information on awards received by Mr.
Reich.  According to information from the publisher of Reich's recent
book, "Jelly's Blues":

"Howard Reich is the veteran jazz critic of the Chicago Tribune and
winner of the Deems Taylor Award, two William Jones Investigative
Reporting Awards, and three Peter Lisagor Awards from the Society of
Professional Journalists, among other honors."
Amazon.com:  Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly
Roll Morton
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306812096//qid=1064868316/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-7867102-6341437?v=glance&s=books&vi=reviews


I am pleased to have been able to provide this information to you
before your deadline, and I am confident that this is what you are
seeking.  If anything is unclear, please ask for clarification before
rating the answer.


markj-ga

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Clarification of Answer by markj-ga on 29 Sep 2003 16:32 PDT

davonnas -- 

I neglected to include my search strategy in my answer.  I began with
Google searches using a variety of search term combinations, including
the following:

"howard reich"
"howard reich" tribune critic
reich tribune critic awards
"howard reich" tribune bio OR biography

When these and other similar searches turned up the awards listed
above and no other relevant information, I used the online research
tools of my local public library.  After some experimentation with a
variety of such tools, I found the information on the proprietary
database identified above.

markj-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by davonnas-ga on 30 Sep 2003 10:56 PDT

Thank you for the great answer.  I am confused, however, as to why
google did not email me notification when my question was answered! 
Luckily I checked back often.... but it was strange that I didn't get
an email.

Davonna

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Clarification of Answer by markj-ga on 30 Sep 2003 11:46 PDT

davonnas --

Thanks much for the five-star rating, the kind words and the nice tip.
 As for your lack of e-mail notification of my answer, I suggest that
you contact the Google Answers editors by e-mail to this address: 
answers-support@google.com .  I'm sure they will be able to help you.

Thanks again,

markj-ga

Thanks!  Wonderful!