Fear and loathing at the Chicago Journalism Town Hall.
Feb 23rd, 2009
Fear and loathing at the Chicago Journalism Town Hall.
Feb 18th, 2009
An addendum to the Great Society 2.0 story about a multibillion-dollar poverty-fighting initiative in Chicago.
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 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 [...]
Dec 29th, 2008
A multibillion-dollar Chicago project provides a glimpse of urban poverty solutions that might actually make a difference. Ryan Blitstein takes a look in the February issue of Miller-McCune.
Dec 16th, 2008
So apparently during the ’20s and’30s there was a magazine like The New Yorker that was based in Chicago, but it was swept into the dustbin of history until UofC cultural historian Neil Harris stumbled upon the archives a few years back. Details about his book, released last month: While browsing the stacks of the [...]
Oct 15th, 2008
I’m now officially a HuffingtonPost blogger. If you live in Chicago, check out their local site, edited by ex-Sun-Times reporter Ben Goldberger. It’s clearly still in beta, but they’re doing a better job of aggregating Chicago news/opinion than any other local outlet.
Jun 27th, 2008
The last few months, as I’ve settled into freelancing, I’ve been thinking a lot about what’s most important for me to be covering. Not just which stories will pay well or what will easily sell or what’s most fun to do, but what readers really need. I’m in the process of deciding which two or [...]
Jun 24th, 2008
Never would have guessed it, but it was Midway Airport, 10 miles south of Downtown Chicago. What would eventually become O’Hare was still a federal airplane factory during the mid-’40s. The things you learn when you read books like this…
The Chicago Media Future Conference
Jun 15th, 2009
Interesting gathering in Chicago last weekend about the future of news.
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