Ray Cortopassi is an Anchor/Reporter at WGN News. He focuses on reporting issues, events, and particularly emphasizes storytelling about people. Ray has been featured in WGN Radio AM 720, WHBF-TV, FOX40 News, Yahoo News, WCIA 3, Yahoo Finance, and WGN-TV in Chicago, IL.
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Chicago, United States (Local)
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Ray's coverage is primarily focused on local news, with an emphasis on crime, sports, government & politics in the Chicago area. Based on this focus, outreach to Ray should be tailored around breaking local news related to crime and political developments within the Illinois and Chicago area.
Given his broad range of topics covered under government & politics as well as evolving stories and event coverage attributes, pitching relevant story ideas such as breaking political events or exclusive insights into ongoing criminal investigations in the Chicago area would likely resonate best with him.
Considering Ray’s localized focus, PR professionals should ensure that their pitches are specifically targeted at providing unique insights or access to individuals involved in significant local events within the specified geographic region.
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The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel met for a second day Friday to weigh recommendations. The panel, hand-picked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to change guid…
By: Ray Cortopassi
The Hallmark Channel is about to debut their holiday movies a Chicago teen will be part of a very special film this year. Jaden Hartley, 16, is one of five teens who have experienced heart issues and will be part of the movie “The More the Merrier.” It will also feature the Buffalo Bills Damar […]
By: Alonzo Small, Ray Cortopassi
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (WGN) — A man from Schaumburg charged with killing his father will remain behind bars following a judge’s ruling on Monday. The judge ordered 28-year-old Abhijit Patel to be …
By: Ray Cortopassi, Anna Roberts, Austin Kleber
In 2025, Chicago experienced a year of conflict and chaos, marked by the completion of the Kennedy Expressway rehab, the fall of political regimes, the deaths of public servants and sports legends,…
