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Allison Hantschel is a 10-year veteran of the newspaper business. She publishes First Draft, a journalism and politics blog, with her partners Adrastos, Tommy, Michael and Doc. She is the author of It Doesn’t End With Us: The Story of the Daily Cardinal (2008, Heritage Books) and Chicago’s Historic Irish Pubs (with Mike Danahey) (2011, Arcadia Books). She also edited the anthologies Special Plans: The Blogs on Douglas Feith and the Faulty Intelligence That Led to War (2005, William, James & Co.) and Our Fate is Your Fate (First Draft Media 2015). Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Daily Southtown, Salon, and Alternet. She lives in Chicago with her husband, daughter, and approximately 60 tons of books.