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Michael Miner on Media
, May 1, 2013
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Rick Kogan might be sentimental—just don't call him a sentimentalist
The storied
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columnist gets a "mea culpa" from
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theater critic Chris Jones.
by Michael Miner
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Bleader
, Nov 30, 2012
A short defense of TL;DR, or Desperately seeking e-newsstands
As long as there isn't one newspaper for the Web, we'll be skimming just to find what we want to read. That's where TL;DR helps.
by Asher Klein
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, May 16, 2012
Giving away: a bad-luck jacket
Near-vintage Issey Miyake jacket with karma waiting for brave soul to claim it
by Deanna Isaacs
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, Mar 14, 2012
Best headline of the day: the
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is not laying off staffers
I figured I’d lead with the good news
by Mara Shalhoup
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, Dec 22, 2011
Leopold 'Lee' Froehlich, the editor
'Print isn't going to die; it's going to change. Railroads aren't dead and radio's not dead—they just changed.'
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, Oct 17, 2011
Thomas Friedman puts on Rahm-colored glasses
The New York Times columnist pens a love letter to Rahm.
by Mark Bergen
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, Sep 21, 2011
John Lavine says he's stepping down as dean next year
John Lavine announces he'll leave Medill next year
by Michael Miner
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Deanna Isaacs on Culture
, May 26, 2011
Adios, Radio Arte?
by Deanna Isaacs
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Chicago Reader at Forty
, Apr 7, 2011
1984
The year in Chicago history via the pages of the
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by Michael Miner
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Bleader
, Mar 14, 2011
If There's Cachet in a Long, Fancy Name, Medill Is Now a Heck of a Cool Place
Medill has a new name.
by Michael Miner
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, Jan 28, 2011
Rahm's Ballot Return: The World Reacts
The whole world's watching Rahm Emanuel, and Dick Morris is asking for money.
by Lauri Apple
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, Jun 17, 2010
The Human Souls of Engineers
It is the nature of engineers to use physics to solve problems.
by Cliff Doerksen
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, Jan 18, 2010
Yet Another Tribute to Carlos Hernandez Gomez Because There Just Can't Be Too Many
Carlos Hernandez Gomez, RIP
by Mick Dumke
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, Aug 17, 2009
Requiem for Reader's Digest?
by Whet Moser
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, Aug 11, 2009
Who's the Man? And Who's the Dog He Bit?
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, Aug 4, 2009
What Kashmir Hill said
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, Jul 27, 2009
But did he call it Public Enemy #1?
by Whet Moser
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, Jul 24, 2009
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Walter Cronkite, Jon Stewart, and trust
by Whet Moser
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, Jul 23, 2009
One more thing about the TribCo bonuses
by Whet Moser
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, Jul 22, 2009
Freedom of sex taping?
by Whet Moser
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