Press Coverage

Media Contact Information

Are you a member of the media working on a story? CAASE offers subject matter experts for media interviews in many topics related to sexual exploitation. We will get back to you immediately. To schedule your interview, call Kristin Claes: 773-244-2230 ext. 3 or email kristin@caase.org.
 
CAASE experts are available for interviews about these subjects and more:

  • Demand for prostitution (the people who buy sex)
  • Commercial sexual exploitation of children
  • Chicago’s sex trafficking problem
  • Community response—steps you can take to fight sexual exploitation.
  • Faith communities and their role in ending sexual exploitation
  • High school—our unique curriculum teaches young men about the harms of sex trafficking
  • Human trafficking
  • Illinois law as it pertains to victims of sexual harm.
  • Pornography and its harms
  • Prostitution and the sex trade
  • Rape victims’ rights
  • Sexual assault and legal options for survivors
  • Sex trafficking

2011

Northwest Herald, September 1, 2011: Juvenile pimping should concern us all. by Kevin Lyons

WBEZ, August 24, 2011: Nine arrested on sex trafficking charges in Cook County

Chicago Sun-Times, August 24, 2011: 9 arrested for sex trafficking ring involving girls as young as 12

New York Times, August 13, 2011: Campaign Against Sex Trafficking Is Gaining by Meribah Knight

Chicago Sun-Times, August 8, 2011: New law to help sex trafficking victims rebuild their lives

LA Weekly Blog, July 18, 2011: Odd Future Protest at Pitchfork by Tal Rosenberg

CNN, July 13, 2011: Prostituted child leave "game" for good.

RedEye, June 7, 2011: DePaul students take part in SlutWalk by Jeremy Mikula

WBEZ 91.5, April 25, 2011: Group offers alternatives to proposed ordinance for 'prostitution-free zones' by Eight Forty-Eight

Pekin Times, April 25, 2011: Kudos to the Pekin Police by Lynne Johnson

Women's e-news, April 18, 2011: Anti-Sex Trade Turns to Focus on Men Who Buy Sex by  Alizah Salario

Chicago Sun Times, April 8, 2011: Letter to the Editor: Rape column off base by Rachel Durchslag

Today's Chicago Woman, April 7, 2011: A Look Into Sexual Assault Legalities with CAASE by Ana Valentine

Wired Magazine, April 2011: Letters to the Editor:The Oldest Profession, Updated

Fox Chicago News, April 3, 2011: Kaethe Morris Hoffer of CAASE Talks About Civil Justice for Sexual Violence Survivors by Larry Yellin

Medill Reports, March 9, 2011: Games Pimps Play: Mental Manipulation in Prostitution by Ronnie Reese

Chicago Tribune, March 4, 2011: Northwestern to investigate controversial sex demonstration by Jodi S. Cohen and Lisa Black

Park Ridge Herald-Advocate, February 20, 2011: Letters to the editor: More must be done to stop sex trafficking by Lynne Johnson

Windy City Media Group, February 17, 2011: Mayoral forum focuses on violence towards women, LGBTQs by Carrie Maxwell

Medill Reports, February 16, 2011: Mayoral candidates detail personal experience with abuse in talking to forum for women, LGBTQ by Ronnie Reese

Fox Chicago News: February 14, 2011: Group Asks Why a High Percentage of Chicago Rape Reports Are Declared 'Unfounded' by Larry Yellin

Medill Reports, February 2, 2011: From Austin to the Gold Coast, Prostitution Brings Blight by Ronnie Reese

Ukrainian Weekly, January 30, 2011: Chicago Program Focuses on the Realities of Sex Trafficking by Ivanka Bryan