Stella foster; Chicago Sun-Times: Columnist

Providing the readers of the Chicago Sun-Times with candid and fair editorial via her blogs and columns, journalist Stella Foster has dedicated her life and career to delivering the truth to the public. Foster is often praised by readers for her devotion to small businesses, entrepreneurs, consumers and others who aren’t at the top of the economic spectrum. That dedication was born out of watching her parents sustain their business for years on Chicago’s South Side. Foster’s approach to providing information is rooted in something that her parents passed down to her: honesty and hard work. She tells it like it is, and that combination of informed observation and down-home common sense has made her one of the Sun-Times most popular contributors. A voice for the people, indeed. –todd williams