Jim Williams steps back from full-time duties at CBS Chicago after 22 years
CHICAGO — After 22 years with the station, and 47 years after he first walked into a newsroom, Thursday marks Jim Williams' last day as a full-time employee with CBS Chicago.Williams will still do occasional pieces for CBS News Chicago, but he will no longer be seen on the anchor desk every day.A Chicago native and a graduate of Kenwood High School and Columbia College Chicago, Williams said he had hoped to be a filmmaker as a teenager—which first brought him to the building at 2501 W.
''Williams concluded that the reason he had initially decided to turn the job down was because he was afraid of it, and that the intimidation was actually a reason to go ahead with it.'It turned out to be a life-changing experience,' Williams said.Williams served as Mayor Daley's press secretary for five years.
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