Chicagoist just put out one of its occasional calls for new writers. It seems they’re looking for people to write as much as four posts per week. The pay? $0.
Jan 30th, 2009
Chicagoist just put out one of its occasional calls for new writers. It seems they’re looking for people to write as much as four posts per week. The pay? $0.
Indiana law professor Jennifer Drobac researches legal conflicts over state gay marriage law. Here’s more from my Q&A with her that was cut from the final version.
Jan 27th, 2009
It’s time to bid farewell to yet another national reporter covering Chicago and the Midwest, the latest in a long string of recent reductions to local bureaus.
Jan 20th, 2009
I’m officially twittering now. Will do my best to keep people updated w/o wasting time (mine or yours). I’ve been told it’s basically an impossible balance. You can follow me at blitztwit.
Jan 13th, 2009
There’s a great essay in this month’s Columbia Journalism Review about what’s wrong with sports journalism and how to fix it. Gary Andrew Poole laments the disappearance of literary ambitions at the hands of speed and wow factor.
Jan 5th, 2009
There’s no simple way to research political candidates in Chicago (or in most cities/states, for that matter). So, inspired by voter information guides in San Francisco, I’ve launched a little civics experiment. It’s called the Chicago Elections wiki. The first test of the site will focus on candidates in the Special Election for Rahm Emanuel’s [...]
Jan 2nd, 2009
In their annual performance tracking analysis of female chief executives, USA Today highlights a stat that bears repeating no matter how many times you’ve heard or read it: Among CEOs of America’s 500 largest publicly traded companies, only 13 are women.