A MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST based in Chicago, Jeff Bishku-Aykul has been to every US state except Hawaii and is fluent in Turkish. After graduating from McGill University in 2011, he worked as a pizzeria dishwasher and bookstore clerk before serving as assistant to the editor at the Hyde Park Herald, the paper covering President Obama’s hometown neighborhood, where Jeff lives. Jeff has also written for the Washington Times, the Chicago Weekly and the McGill Daily, his alma mater’s weekly student newspaper.