Michael Miner
Bio:
Michael Miner has been a Chicago journalist since 1970. After eight years as a Sun-Times reporter and several months traveling in Europe, he joined the Reader as a writer and editor in 1979, yet his connection with this paper goes back to 1971, when he contributed an article to its first issue. At the Reader, Miner has won three Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club for his media criticism. One column close to his heart, though appropriately unrewarded, reflected on the nature of column writing and concluded that admiring readers are the scourge of the upright pundit. Another noteworthy article was a personal history of the Reader written for last October's 40th anniversary issue.
Michael Miner has been a Chicago journalist since 1970. After eight years as a Sun-Times reporter and several months traveling in Europe, he joined the Reader as a writer and editor in 1979, yet his connection with this paper goes back to 1971, when he contributed an article to its first issue. At the Reader, Miner has won three Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club for his media criticism. One column close to his heart, though appropriately unrewarded, reflected on the nature of column writing and concluded that admiring readers are the scourge of the upright pundit. Another noteworthy article was a personal history of the Reader written for last October's 40th anniversary issue.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 18, 2012
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What I have in common with Joseph Epstein
John R. Tunis wrote the boys' book that meant the most to me
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 15, 2012
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School reform by the numbers
There is more to school reform than churning test scores
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 14, 2012
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Tribune nips Reader for best website
Reader website places high in local website judging
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 14, 2012
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Forage every stream
Live off the land? No big deal in Nebraska
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 11, 2012
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Two sides in Chicago teachers' strike can seem worlds apart
Chicago public school teachers live in one world; the mayor and his friends live in another
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 10, 2012
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Now pitching—both parties, frantically
Presidential politics isn't softball, but the pitching's underhanded
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 7, 2012
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On the Peterson verdict
Peterson jury convicts jerk of murder
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 7, 2012
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Sweetness and light reading
Jeff Pearlman asks Chicago to give his biography of Walter Payton a second chance
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 6, 2012
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Posner v. Scalia
Richard Posner versus Antonin Scalia
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Sep 5, 2012
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Wanted: bitchy commentary befitting a brutal election
Why are so many op-ed columnists off point? Because they're answering the wrong questions.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 3, 2012
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Lies, shams, and visions
Is a lie OK if it shows your heart is in the right place?
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 31, 2012
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A headline of no importance
How the salome is made: the story behind a headline
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 30, 2012
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Dennis Byrne responds to my attack
I respond to Dennis Byrne's response
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 29, 2012
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Wayne Norman, fortunately, has more to say about Lance Armstrong
Reading an ethicist's do-over
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 28, 2012
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Dennis Byrne misses the point on Republicans and abortion
The Tribune op-ed columnist misses the forest for the trees
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 28, 2012
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The pay wall debate
A paper I read erects a pay wall, and I can't complain
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 27, 2012
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Eminent scholar calls Lance Armstrong a bad man
Duke trots out an ethicist to slam Lance Armstrong
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 23, 2012
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Who wrote what they're saying I wrote?
Strange glitches mar an intriguing new website, SoundGecko
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 22, 2012
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Extry! Extry! Media scandal! Sun-Times gives rich owner special treatment
Robert Feder shouldn't be so hard on Michael Ferro
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 22, 2012
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The eternal sunshine of Todd Akin
Republicans think Todd Akin makes them look bad. They're right.
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