The head of communications and the chief audience officer at Chicago Public Media announced today they are stepping down. The announcement of Berger and LeCompte's departure comes a week after Chicago Public Media CEO Matt Moog announced he would be stepping down to "return to his roots as a tech entrepreneur." After Moog announced he would leave after CPM finds a new CEO, it was revealed that union leadership at both the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, which are owned by Chicago Public Media, sought an investigation into allegations of a "hostile work environment." Moog's salary was reported as $533,620 in 2021.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.