City Council Honors Retired WBBM Newsradio Reporter John Cody
(CBS) -- The Chicago City Council unanimously passed a resolution honoring the recently retired WBBM Newsradio reporter John Cody.
Cody signed off last week after 48 years at Newsradio. He joined WBBM as a writer/producer in 1967. From 1968 to 1970, he reported for Pacific Stars and Stripes while in Vietnam. He returned to WBBM, moving up to general assignment reporter in 1973.
The resolution, introduced by Alderman Ed Burke, calls Cody a "master storyteller with a unique skill for human interest features and diverse subjects."
The resolution states, "BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this eighteenth day of March, 2015, do hereby applaud John Cody on his exemplary career in journalism and do hereby express our best wishes for a retirement blessed by good health and personal fulfillment."
Cody was an award-winning feature and investigative reporter who uncovered fraud and corruption in both the public and private sectors. He won numerous best reporter awards, and two years ago received a lifetime achievement award from the Chicago Headline Club, at the annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism.