- News & Features, Media, Apr 14, 2011
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Pitch Perfect
Finally, Mad Ave gets its own set of principles.
- 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.
- News & Features, Media, Mar 31, 2011
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Baseball Prophet Phil Rogers Wins Golden BAT
Tribune scribe mixes science and gut feeling
- News & Features, Media, Mar 24, 2011
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Illinois Death Penalty Mitigators Claim Victory, Look for Work
When prosecutors say defendants should die, mitigators look for reasons why they shouldn’t.
- News & Features, Media, Mar 17, 2011
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The Third Sex in Kabul
The Tribune's Kim Barker was no mere reporter; she was a Western woman!
- News & Features, Media, Mar 10, 2011
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The Tribune Strikes Out in Wisconsin Union Coverage
It is not illegal to cross state lines to commit an act of journalism.
- News & Features, Media, Mar 3, 2011
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Was Helen Thomas Too Old to Speak Her Mind?
Society of Professional Journalists beset by internal strife stemming from Helen Thomas snub
- News & Features, Media, Feb 24, 2011
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No Face Time and No Endorsement
An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.
- News & Features, Media, Feb 10, 2011
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Hyperlocals get hyper
A dubious quote triggers a media dustup in the 47th Ward
- News & Features, Media, Feb 3, 2011
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What a Deal! 50% Off Your Job Prospects!
Groupon wanted me to sign a noncompete clause, even though I might never work there either.
- News & Features, Media, Jan 27, 2011
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Under the Radar
The Sun-Times duplicates a freelancer's little-noticed scoop
- News & Features, Media, Jan 20, 2011
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Dear John: You've Been Scanned
As it puts old yearbooks online, classmates.com brings public attention to private messages and broken hearts
- News & Features, Media, Jan 13, 2011
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Waiting for the Web
The Chicago News Cooperative launched with the promise of a pathbreaking online site. When will it arrive?
- News & Features, Media, Dec 16, 2010
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Doing Face Time
The ethics of a burgeoning trend in journalism
- News & Features, Media, Dec 2, 2010
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When Corrections Don't Count
In a time-honored but sorely outdated tradition, the Tribune buries a couple of real boners about Rahm and Ron Huberman.
- News & Features, Media, Nov 25, 2010
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Out on Their Cans, With Cancer
The Sun-Times Media layoffs: as good an example as any of what decent people do to decent people in a bad economy.
- News & Features, Media, Nov 18, 2010
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Life in the Patch
Is AOL's hyperlocal news network an evil slave empire or a boon to hungry journalists?
- News & Features, Media, Nov 4, 2010
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Takes One to Know One
Robert McClory's Radical Disciple looks at Father Pfleger as not just an activist but a priest.
- News & Features, Media, Oct 28, 2010
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A Hard One to Spin
It was Tammy Chase's job to make layoffs at Sun-Times Media sound good. But now the company can't afford that either.
- News & Features, Media, Oct 21, 2010
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It Didn't Start With Sam
The story of the Tribune Company's decline is more nuanced than what you read in the New York Times.
