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News & Politics, Chicagoans Oct 25, 2017
A longtime Playboy editor on working for Hugh Hefner

“It wasn’t about the models for me. The mystique of the world I was living in was the writers,” says Barbara Nellis.
- By Anne Ford
- Tags: Chicagoans, Chicagoans, Anne Ford, Playboy, Hugh Hefner, William Styron, Nat Turner, Sophie’s Choice, Barbara Nellis, Knickerbocker Bar

News & Politics, On Media Apr 23, 2014
Impending death is not necessarily a negative development

In getting a new liver, I consider myself fortunate in one small respect in addition to the obvious big one.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Michael Miner, Chicago Reader, surgery, books, novels, liver transplants, autoimmune disorders, PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis, vitamin K, kale, hepatologists, hepatology, Betsy Nore, Michael Sneed, Jim Romenesko, organ donors, living donors, Charna Halpern, iO, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, hospitals, ethics, Peter McLennon, P.J. Klapperich, MELD scores, model for end-stage liver disease, liver disease, mortality, death

News & Politics, On Media Mar 11, 2014
The problem with Chicagoland, according to John Kass

For once, I don't necessarily disagree.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicagoland, CNN, John Kass, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Rahm Emanuel, Alessandra Stanley, Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley, Vladimir Putin, Ari Emanuel

News & Politics, On Media Feb 11, 2014
An 'obsessive' Sun-Times reporter is vindicated by the Vanecko case—but not content

Tim Novak and his fellow newsroom crusaders brought justice to the family of David Koschman. But former Mayor Daley’s administration got off easy in the investigation into the fatal punch thrown by Daley's nephew.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Tim Novak, journalism, investigative journalism, Patrick Daley, Robert Vanecko, R.J. Vanecko, David Koschman, Nancy Koschman, Mount Prospect, Chris Fusco, Chicago Police Department, CPD, Jody Weis, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Carol Marin, Chicago Tribune, Eric Zorn, Rolando Cruz, crime, Paul Biebel, special prosecutors, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Michael Toomin, Dan Webb, justice, obsessiveness, secret partnerships, sewer inspections

News & Politics, On Media Jan 28, 2014
A scary outbreak of "numerical illiteracy" in the press

The New York Times botches breast cancer fatality rates, misrepresents an STD "epidemic," and fails to think through a "think piece" about gifted boys vs. girls.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, New York Times, Ezekiel Emanuel, STDs, senior citizens, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, statistics, parenting

News & Politics, On Media Jan 14, 2014
A unionized WBEZ begins to take shape

The aim is to protect Chicago Public Media's spirit. The challenge is to reach a consensus without splitting into factions.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, radio, Chicago Public Media, CPM, WBEZ, NPR, National Public Radio, labor, unions, Torey Malatia, SAG-AFTRA, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Robin Linn, Rob Wildeboer, Alison Cuddy, contracts, NLRB, National Labor Relations Board, Alison Scholly, Paula Weinbaum, Peter Sung Ohr

News & Politics, On Media Jan 2, 2014
Plenty of time to consider the Times

On figures that don't figure, and the advent of native ads
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, innumeracy, corrections, retractions, Jayson Blair, mistakes, The New York Times, newspapers, journalism, breast cancer, copy editors, cost cutting, Chicago Reader, mixed metaphors, Toledo, newspapers online, online corrections, Margaret Sullivan, statistics, literacy, Pope Francis, native advertising, digital advertising, digital media, editorial content, advertising, online advertising

News & Politics, On Media Dec 17, 2013
The world according to the Trib's Rex Huppke

Facts matter to Huppke as they do to all reporters, but only Huppke has written their obituary.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago Tribune, Rex Huppke, Bethlehem Star, newspapers, alt-weeklies, Associated Press, AP, Catherine Cornell, facts, Allen West, AJR, American Journalism Review, Obamacare, government shutdown, Ted Cruz, websites, Canada, columns, columnists, University of Chicago, journalism, Steven Colbert, truthiness, John Kass, University of Missouri, syndicated columns

News & Politics, On Media Dec 3, 2013
A step fast-forward for radio news?

A coming app aims to spare listeners the clutter of the news.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, radio, radio news, audio news, Charlie Meyerson, John MacLeod, Ron Gleason, CBS, WBBM-AM, Web Marketing Association, Radio.com, CBS, Chicago Bears, sports, HearHere Radio, Rivet News Radio, apps, GIS, geographic information system, iTunes, H2 Radio, Knight News Challenge, Smartphone News Network, smartphones, Randy Michaels, Navteq, Ron Gleason, Rivet Radio, AM radio, FM radio, broadcasting, traffic reports

News & Politics, On Media Nov 19, 2013
The undoing of a president's mystique

What would have happened to JFK if he'd been scrutinized by the media in the same way as Obama?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Obamacare, ACA, Affordable Care Act, healthcare, U.S. presidency, Jill Abramson, The New York Times, Bill Clinton, Jonathan Alter, books, Democratic Party, elections, public opinion, Republican Party, Theodore White, history, William Manchester, Richard Tregaskis, Bob Woodward, George W. Bush, Amazon, Mark Leibovich, New York Times Magazine, book reviews, Valerie Jarrett, Jimmy Carter, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Michiko Kakutani, Associated Press, Joe Biden, mystique

News & Politics, On Media Nov 5, 2013
What really happened in Paris, Illinois?

With a pardon at stake, two wrongful convictions in a double murder case get the reverse spin.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: On Media, innocence industry, defense lawyers, Northwestern University, media, websites, What Really Happened in Paris, (Illinois), whatreallyhappenedinparis.com, Paris, Illinois, Dyke Rhoads, Karen Rhoads, murder, arson, Randy Steidl, Herb Whitlock, wrongful convictions, Edgar County, pardons, Rod Blagojevich, Pat Quinn, Michale Callahan, Illinois State Police, ISP, CBS, 48 Hours, murder investigations, Robert Morgan, machine guns, lawsuits, Dan Curry, Daily Herald, Paris murders, polygraph tests, Jim Ryan, public relations, John Pearman, Reverse Spin, PR, PR firms, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Chicago Tribune, Medill Innocence Project, David Protess, journalism, Anthony Porter, death penalty, George Ryan, Alstory Simon, Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, Rolando Cruz, Jeanine Nicarico, DuPage County, Eric Zorn, B, Bob Morgan

News & Politics, On Media Oct 22, 2013
Our ignorance of our enemies might not be bliss, but it's close enough

Akbar Ahmed's new book, The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam, exposes a subtlety and complexity that ought to matter more.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, U.S. Congress, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Paul Krugman, common sense, freedom, John Kass, pundits, Steve Chapman, books, Akbar Ahmed, Malise Ruthven, New York Review of Books, war on terror, war, Barack Obama, tribal societies, Islam, David Halberstam, Frances Fitzgerald, Vietnam, drones, drone warfare

News & Politics, On Media Oct 9, 2013
Marina Shifrin dances her way out of a job

But remains a member in good standing of the troupe of oddball media makers.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Marina Shifrin, resignations, YouTube, viral videos, University of Missouri, journalism, journalists, The Kansas City Star, Garrison Keillor, The New Yorker, Tina Brown, George W.S. Trow, blogs, NMA, Next Media Animation, Cartoon Network, Conan, The Daily Show, BBC, California job case, headlines, Rich Robertson, marinashifrin.com, Facebook, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lalo Shifrin, Queen Latifah, jobs, UPI, Richard Sudhalter, obituaries, tradition

News & Politics, On Media Sep 24, 2013
The press has been as hard on Obama's stance on Syria as the public

But a couple of the president's most persistent local critics have showed him unexpected love.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Barack Obama, Syria, Leon Panetta, Robert Gates, Bashar al-Assad, Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman, American credibility, military intervention, Iraq, Libya, Serbia, North Vietnam, George Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Saddam Hussein, Ronald Reagan, U.S. presidents, Russia, U.S. foreign policy, chemical weapons, Iran, history, commentary, polls, Pew Research Center, public opinion, diplomacy, U.S. Congress, Vladimir Putin, National Journal, Jill Lawrence, Lou Cannon, Robert Dallek, Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations, Jonah Goldberg, columnists, Charles Krauthammer, Chicago Sun-Times, Steve Huntley, Dennis Byrne, Hasan Rouhani, United Nations, Washington Post, New York Times

News & Politics, On Media Sep 10, 2013
Is Aggrego a savior to the Pioneer Press papers—or a threat?

Depends on who you ask
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: On Media, Aggrego, Pioneer Press, Wrapports LLC, Chicago Sun-Times, Journatic, Tribune Media Group, Chicago Newspaper Guild, National Labor Relations Board, David Roeder, Grid, Craig Rosenbaum, Kathy Routliffe, Mundelein, Tim Landon, Mundelein Review, John Puterbaugh, Michael Ferro, Tim Knight, Northern Illinois University, Northern Star

News & Politics, On Media Aug 27, 2013
New blood at an old-school newspaper

Chicago Reporter's new editor intends to carry the torch for long-form journalism while adapting to the digital age.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Susan Richardson, Chicago Reporter, Community Renewal Society, Texas Observer, Open Society Foundations, Reverend Alexander Sharp, Laura Washington, Kimbriell Kelly

News & Politics, On Media Aug 14, 2013
The highs and lows of longtime WBEZ visionary Torey Malatia

Twenty years is a long time for anyone to run anything.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Torey Malatia, Chicago Public Media, CPM, radio, digital media, WBEZ, Becky Vevea, Linda Lutton, radio programming, Steve Baird, Baird & Warner, Elspeth Revere, MacArthur Foundation, Ira Glass, This American Life, Nick Rabkin, Vocalo, Robert Feeder, Chicago Sun-Times, bloggers, salaries, budgets, Donna Moore, Alison Scholly, journalism, Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, Slivia Rivera, Time Out Chicago, nonprofit organizations

News & Politics, On Media Jul 30, 2013
Are the challenges faced by women journalists changing for the better?

Women's setbacks in the newsroom have become more like men's. That's good—and bad.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: On Media, Medill School of Journalism, Susy Schultz, health benefits, Blue Cross Blue Shield, travelingmom.com, TripAdvisor.com, sexism, racism, Daily Journal, freelancers, family issues, Columbia College, jobs, Facebook, Twitter, anecdotes, Chicago Sun-Times, journalists, women journalists, Chicago Newspaper Guild, Cindy Richards, Association of Women Journalists, Journalism & Women Symposium, Chicago Tribune, AWJ, Amy Guth, newspapers, social media, search engine optimization, SEO, Tracy Baim, Windy City Publishing Group, police reporters

News & Politics, On Media Jul 17, 2013
On Mohamed Morsi, Al Jazeera, and censorship

There's nothing uniquely Middle Eastern about a news medium that hears one voice much more clearly than another.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, David Brooks, New York Times, Egypt, President Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian Brotherhood, Islam, George Zimmerman, Afghanistanism, satellites, the Internet, social media, CNN, Trayvon Martin, Middle East, Al Jazeera, Facebook, Cairo, Qatar, Reporters Without Borders, Abdelfatah Fayed, Britain, Guardian UK, Doha, Foreign Policy magazine, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Dubai, Economist, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Al Qassemi, Egypt's Interior Ministry, Arabic, Tribune

News & Politics, On Media Jun 13, 2013
A different direction for WBEZ

One with more listener-generated content, more audience participation, and fewer paid contributors
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, WBEZ, Windy City Times, Victoria Lautman, radio, Hedy Weiss, Chicago Reader, Tony Adler, Chicago Public Media, public radio, radio producers, radio programming, broadcasting, Jonathan Abarbanel, Kelly Kleiman, dueling critics, critics, theater criticism, Torey Malatia, Justin Kaufmann, Sally Eisele, bloggers, Claire Zulkey, Louisa Chu, Chris Bentley, John Schmidt, Cheryl Raye Stout, podcasting, Achy Obejas, Nico Lang, layoffs, Vocalo, Robert Feder, Chicago Sun-Times, listener-generated content, radio call-ins, Chicago Tribune, Chris Jones, Charlie Rose, John Callaway, audience participation, Facebook

News & Politics, On Media May 30, 2013
A Reader columnist goes RedPlum crazy

The scourge of a pink-wrapped ad rag
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Local Values, RedPlum, Chicago Tribune, recycling, Tribune Company, Valassis Communications, direct mail, coupons, shoppers, Amy Little, environmentalists, lawsuits, Michael Jaskula, trespassing, public nuissance, private nuissance, burglars, advertising

News & Politics, On Media May 22, 2013
When push comes to shove, should laid-off journalists sue?

Terminations of newspaper employees aren't what they used to be—just ask labor lawyer Sheribel Rothenberg.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Sheribel Rothenberg, labor law, labor lawyers, layers, Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press, journalists, newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Basil Talbott, Paul Simon, Rod Blagojevich, Jess Jackson, Conrad Black, David Radler, Chicago Newspaper Guild, Chicago Daily News, ACLU, Tribune Company, Sun-Times Media, American Civil Liberties Union, Marina City, Don Reuben, Jon Sall, Jim Kirk, litigation, layoffs

News & Politics, On Media May 1, 2013
Rick Kogan might be sentimental—just don't call him a sentimentalist

The storied Tribune columnist gets a "mea culpa" from Trib theater critic Chris Jones.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago Tribune, New York Time, Chicago Sun-Times, Rachel Shteir, Chris Jones, Rick Kogan, Nelson Algren, Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert, writers, writing, Neil Steinberg, radio, WGN, sentimentalism, WFMT, books, Chicago Daily News, Panorama, Marcel Marceau, Mort Sahl, Dawn Turner Trice, Studs Terkel Media Award, media, Sam Zell, Billy Goat Tavern, Tempo, Brendan Behan, Bruce Elliott, Old Town Ale House, Herman Kogan, Marilew Kogan, AA, WBEZ, Chicago Theatre

News & Politics, On Media Apr 17, 2013
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Former Reader editor delves into the hunt for more of John Wayne Gacy's dead

Alison True's johnwaynegacynews.com pushes for greater transparency in the search for more victims of the executed serial killer.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, 6114 W. Miami, Des Plaines River, Michael Sneed, Chicago Sun-Times, Terry Sullivan, Chicago Reader, Mike Nelson, Ed Hanrahan, Vito Marzullo, police torture, John Wayne Gacy, DNA testing, Tom Dart, Cook County Sherriff, Bill Dorsch, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Alison True, johnwaynegacynews.com, Chicago Tribune, Anita Alvarez, journalists, journalism, investigative journalism, WGN-TV, Larry Potash, Frank Bilecki, Infrared Diagnostics

News & Politics, On Media Apr 3, 2013
Are baseball predictions—and by extension our annual Golden BAT awards—falling out of fashion?

The Tribune's Mark Gonzales is the winner of our 33rd annual Baseball Acumen Test. But the playing field is smaller.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Golden BAT, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Acumen Test, baseball, baseball predictions, Neil Tesser, Bob Gibson, Immanuel Kant, Chicago Sun-Times, predictions, Tony Ginnetti, Chicago Tribune, Chris De Luca, Mark Gonzales, sports, Chicago White Sox, newspapers, sportswriters, Detroit Tigers, expertise, Rick Morrisssey, Rick Telander, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds

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