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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jul 28, 2011
A former network anchor tells (almost) all in NewsLady

Carole Simpson was the first African-American woman to reach several journalistic high points
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Michael Miner, Carole Simpson, ABC, NBC, NewsLady, Emerson College, self-publishing, AuthorHouse, NABJ

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jul 21, 2011
The elusive definition of "journalist"

News used to be dispensed by an identifiable priesthood. Welcome to the reformation.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Northwestern University, Medill, David Protess, Anthony McKinney, Anita Alvarez, new journalism, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, The Economist, Bulletins from the future

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jul 14, 2011
Rahm Emanuel's report card so far: there's room for improvement

Grades on budget, economic development, personnel, police, and schools
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, budget, economic development, personnel, police, schools, Chicago, politics

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jul 7, 2011
One big Blagojevich blamefest

Can't we elect better candidates? What's wrong with us?
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Rod Blagojevich, Ald. Richard Mell, John Kass, Mark Brown, politics, Illinois, George Ryan, Gov. Pat Quinn, Jim Ryan, Roland Burris, Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times

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Movies, Movie Feature, Jul 7, 2011
The Interrupters: Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz document CeaseFire
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Movie Feature, Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz, CeaseFire, Tio Hardiman, The Interrupters, Cobe Williams, Eddie Bocanegra, Ameena Matthews, Hoop Dreams

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jun 30, 2011
How a CPS teacher went from 'excellent' to 'do-not-hire' in one year
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Chicago Public Schools, Austin Polytechnic high school, Ron Huberman, Mayor Emanuel, Allison Bates, Fabby Williams, Lane Tech

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jun 30, 2011
James O'Shea narrates the Tribune Company's epic collapse
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Tribune Company, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Newsday, Hartford Courant, James O'Shea, Chicago News Cooperative, The Deal From Hell, Times-Mirror Company, Ann Marie Lipinski, Bill Pate, Sam Zell, Jack Fuller, Dennis FitzSimons, George De Lama, Randy Michaels, Gerould Kern

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jun 16, 2011
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When race isn't mentioned

When crime struck, Chicago's papers didn't focus on race, but neither have Mayor Emanuel's neighbors
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, mob attacks, Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Tribune, Mary Schmich, Dawn Turner Trice, Rex Huppke, Chicago Sun-Times, Mary Mitchell, Stella Foster, crime, race, Video

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jun 16, 2011
Uptown turns down a TIF deal—for the moment
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, TIF, Sedgwick Properties, Maryville Sisters, Alderman Helen Shiller, Mayor Daley, Mayor Emanuel, Alderman James Cappleman, Chicago Park District, Illinois General Assembly

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jun 9, 2011
Marguerite Horberg's post-HotHouse venture, Portoluz, revisits the WPA
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Marguerite Horberg, HotHouse, Portoluz, Preservation Chicago, Lane Technical High School, Dan Swinney, Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council, Austin Polytechnical Academy, manufacturing, WPA

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jun 9, 2011
As Mayor Daley cashes in, ousted teacher gets cut off
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mayor Daley, University of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, Anthony Skokna, Marshall High School, turnaround schools, Kenyatta Stansberry-Butler

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jun 9, 2011
University of Illinois's campus crime site gives readers the story - their own
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, New York Times, Jill Abramson, New Yorker, Ken Auletta, Gay Talese, Martha Gellhorn, Joan Didion, Poynter Institute, University of Illinois, Professor Eric Meyer, campuscrime.net, Society of Professional Journalists, Ramzi Dreesen, journalism, multimedia storytelling, narrative nonfiction

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jun 2, 2011
Is it safe to send your child to journalism school?
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, journalism, education, Saigon, Mondragon, Spain, Vietnam, University of Missouri, Isabelle Roughol, New York Times, Arizona Republic, Michael McNamara, Figaro, Dawn Fallik, University of Delaware, Anne Keegan, Chicago Tribune

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 26, 2011
Adios, Radio Arte?
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Radio Arte, National Museum of Mexican Art, Yollocalli Arts Reach, Carlos Tortolero, Latino Media Cooperative, media, Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, Silvia Rivera, Chicago Public Radio, Vocalo, Chicago Public Media, Torey Malatia, Salvador Jimenez, Stephanie Manriquez

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 26, 2011
Chicago magazine's outgoing editor: 'You can't feel like Lear raging against the storm'
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago Magazine, Richard Babcock, Hillel Levin, Tribune Company, Rich Gamble, Shane Tritsch, Gioai Diliberto, Carol Felsenthal

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 12, 2011
Twilight zoning in the 43rd Ward
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Alderman Vi Daley, Michele Smith, Tim Egan, 43rd Ward, Webster Square, Richard Zisook, Michael Supera, Ted Novak, Fresh Market, Lincoln Park Hospital, Marty Oberman, Alderman Daniel Solis, Alderman Dick Mell, Alderman Patrick O'Connor, Alderman Ed Burke, Reuben Hedlund, Chicago Plan Commission

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News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 12, 2011
Think you've got journalism's next big idea? Get to know Elspeth Revere, the MacArthur Foundation's media maven
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Elsbeth Revere, MacArthur Foundation, Chicago News Cooperative, Jim O'Shea, Center for Investigative Reporting, ProPublica, Center for Public Integrity, NewsHour, Third Coast International Audio Festival, Kartequin Films, Bay Area Video Coalition, University of Michigan, Tribeca Film Institute, WBEZ, Robert Feder, Time Out Chicago, Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Reporter, Catalyst, Mgoan Le, Community News Matters

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 12, 2011
Chicago: America's theater capital?
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Michael Billington, The Guardian, Columbia College, Broadway in Chicago, Todd London, New Dramatists, Lookingglass Theatre, Theatre Communications Group, Chicago Little Theatre, Compass, Steppenwolf Theater, Second City, Hull House, Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 5, 2011
An open letter to Chicago Public Schools' new CEO
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Daley, TIF, Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Bob Palmer, Housing Action Illinois

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News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 5, 2011
Bucking a trend, the UIC faculty looks for the union label
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, union, American Association of University Professors, American Federation of Teachers, Giamila Fantuzzi

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