Bahar Takhtehchian
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Bahar is a Chicago-based broadcast and print journalist.

Most recently, this jack-of-all-trades was an on-air entertainment reporter for Metromix on CLTV, where she shot, wrote, edited and produced daily segments focusing on the Chicago dining, nightlife, and fashion and beauty scene. She currently produces a health show on CLTV and also helped launch and produce a live talk show for the 24-hour cable news station.

Before starting her television career, Bahar spent two years in New York City, writing and freelancing for a number of fashion and lifestyle publications, including the New York Daily News. During her college years, she interned at InStyle, New York, Seventeen and Maxim magazines, and WDAY-TV in Fargo, ND and WHO-AM radio in Des Moines, Iowa. Bahar received her Masters and Bachelor’s degrees from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Her career goal is to one day earn enough money to pay back a semester’s worth of Northwestern tuition.

Blog Entries by Bahar Takhtehchian

Why Chicago Girls Love Sports So Much...And I Don't

Posted August 26, 2008 | 07:39 AM (EST)

I don't consider myself a girly-girl, but when I moved back to Chicago last year, I quickly realized that I stick out like a sore thumb among this city's sports-obsessed females.

You see, unlike most Chicago girls, I'd rather spend a relaxing evening in a candle-lit lounge than one of...

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When Foreign Parents Don't Understand the Purpose of Dating

Posted August 20, 2008 | 02:33 PM (EST)

My parents emigrated from Iran to the United States more than 35 years ago. Once they got past the obvious culture shock, they slowly assimilated, adopting a handful of non-threatening traditions (Thanksgiving dinner, station wagons, family night at Pizza Hut). But some other typical American mores were simply out of...

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