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.
- News & Features, Media, Apr 6, 2011
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"About the Most Airtight Case of Innocence"
How a legal storm capsized a petition to free a man who’s been imprisoned for three decades.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 21, 2010
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"But sure to end on a note of optimism"
The notes of optimism that often end news stories are usually arbitrary.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 22, 2009
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"Chicago News Cooperative" Will Serve New York Times and Local Media
- News & Features, Media, May 5, 1988
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"Chicago Times" Reaches for the Cutting Edge; Nicole Drieske Goes Public; Harry Golden
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 21, 2011
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"Clunkers"—or masterpieces?
Paperweights — art? Steve Johnson says no, but he's wrong.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 28, 2010
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"Forget That Murder — Get In Here and Bring Your BlackBerry"
The first clue that this Sun-Times Media reporter was being laid off came from her health insurer.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 21, 2012
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"Freaking" in
Sun-Times sportswriters disagree on need for a euphemism for "pissed off"
- News & Features, Media, Jun 30, 2005
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"Hazelwood" Goes to College; News Bites
Another Seveth Circuit ruling, another defeat for the press.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 24, 2009
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"How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!"
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 30, 2009
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"It was never about the plaque" -- Melissa Isaacson
Melissa Isaacson has posted her take on what happened at the podium when she tried to accept her award but found a Trib editor had beat her to it.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 3, 2010
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"Legislators by Their Very Nature Are Not Profiles in Courage"
Representative Lou Lang says he needs to find two votes to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 29, 2008
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"Look what they've done to my song, Maverick"
Kyle Gann thanks McCain and Palin for making "maverick" a word unfit for further use by musicologists.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 23, 2007
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"NOW You Tell Me!"
Let's leave the big prizes for living people who can gloat.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 25, 2007
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"Nyello -- can I help you?"
Bold new Sun-Times initiative -- an operator
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 2010
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"On the first day of unemployment..."
Pioneer Press is about to close seven papers. Will there be layoffs?
- News & Features, Media, Sep 30, 2010
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"Opinionating" Is Cheap
The strange, poignant logic behind Mayhill Fowler's decision to quit blogging for HuffPo.
- News & Features, Media, Sep 15, 1988
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"Politics of Poverty": Why Did John McCarron Do That?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 11, 2009
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"So funny, but sad..."
The Daily Show riffs on the vanishing newspaper.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 26, 2009
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"Surprised, Saddened, Shocked..."
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 7, 2009
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"The Complete Package"
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