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News & Politics, Media Feb 29, 2012
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Introducing the new ChicagoReader.com

Welcome to our new digital home
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Media, Announcements, Chicago Reader, Agenda, Michael Miner, Soundboard, Bleader, ChicagoReader.com, new Reader, new media, digital, Slideshow, Video

News & Politics, Media Apr 14, 2011
Pitch Perfect

Finally, Mad Ave gets its own set of principles.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, advertising, ethics, University of Missouri, Mizzou, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Northwestern University, Medill, Margaret Duffy, Volkswagon

News & Politics, Media Apr 6, 2011
"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.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, David Protess, Northwestern University, Medill, Innocence Project, Anthony McKinney, Anita Alvarez

News & Politics, Media Mar 31, 2011
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Baseball Prophet Phil Rogers Wins Golden BAT

Tribune scribe mixes science and gut feeling
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Phil Rogers, Neil Tesser, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Bobby Cox, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Sun-Times, Toni Ginnetti, San Francisco Giants, Golden BAT, PECOTA

News & Politics, Media Mar 24, 2011
Illinois Death Penalty Mitigators Claim Victory, Look for Work

When prosecutors say defendants should die, mitigators look for reasons why they shouldn’t.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Illinois, death penalty, Gov. Pat Quinn, Luli Buxton, Ingrid Christiansen, Dru Sjoden

News & Politics, Media Mar 17, 2011
The Third Sex in Kabul

The Tribune's Kim Barker was no mere reporter; she was a Western woman!
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Kim Barker, Chicago Tribune, The Taliban Shuffle, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sam Zell

News & Politics, Media Mar 10, 2011
The Tribune Strikes Out in Wisconsin Union Coverage

It is not illegal to cross state lines to commit an act of journalism.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wisconsin, unions, Gov. Scott Walker, journalism, media criticism, Jim O'Shea, Dick Longworth

News & Politics, Media Mar 3, 2011
Was Helen Thomas Too Old to Speak Her Mind?

Society of Professional Journalists beset by internal strife stemming from Helen Thomas snub
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Helen Thomas, Society of Professional Journalists, Jewish American Heritage Month, Rabbi David Nesenoff, Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement, Hagit Limor, David Perlman, Abraham Foxman, Anti-Defamation League, Kevin Smith, Joe Skeel, Bill McCloskey, Steve Geimann, Darcie Lunsford, Mac McKerral, Ray Hanania, Neil Ralston

News & Politics, Media Feb 24, 2011
No Face Time and No Endorsement

An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Bart Goldberg, Election, politics, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago News Cooperative, Early and Often, Chicago Tribune, endorsements, Timothy Cullerton, Thomas Allen, Chicago Defender, Rahm Emanuel, Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle

News & Politics, Media Feb 10, 2011
Hyperlocals get hyper

A dubious quote triggers a media dustup in the 47th Ward
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, journalism, ethics, Inside-Booster, Welles Park Bulldog, Ron Roenigk, Patrick Boylan, Pat Butler, plagarism, North Center

News & Politics, Media Feb 3, 2011
What a Deal! 50% Off Your Job Prospects!

Groupon wanted me to sign a noncompete clause, even though I might never work there either.
- By Christopher Flores
- Tags: Media, Groupon, Groupon Academy, noncompete clauses, writing

News & Politics, Media Jan 27, 2011
Under the Radar

The Sun-Times duplicates a freelancer's little-noticed scoop
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Michael Volpe, Chris Fusco, Tim Novak, Chicago Sun-Times, freelance writers, blogs

News & Politics, Media Jan 20, 2011
Dear John: You've Been Scanned

As it puts old yearbooks online, classmates.com brings public attention to private messages and broken hearts
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, privacy, classmates.com, yearbooks, United Online, Inc, Mark Goldston, Dear John letters, ephemera, digitization

News & Politics, Media Jan 13, 2011
Waiting for the Web

The Chicago News Cooperative launched with the promise of a pathbreaking online site. When will it arrive?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Chicago News Cooperative, New York Times, Jim Kirk, CNC, Jim O'Shea, MacArthur Foundation, John Canning Jr., Early and Often, earlyandoften.org, David Greising, Mike Fourcher, Aldertrack, Jimm Dispensa, CenterSquareJournal.com, RoscoeViewJournal.com, Center Square Journal

News & Politics, Media Dec 16, 2010
Doing Face Time

The ethics of a burgeoning trend in journalism
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media

News & Politics, Media Dec 2, 2010
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.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media

News & Politics, Media Nov 25, 2010
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.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media

News & Politics, Media Nov 18, 2010
Life in the Patch

Is AOL's hyperlocal news network an evil slave empire or a boon to hungry journalists?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Tim Armstrong, AOL, Patch, patch evil, Lake Effect News, Southland Savvy, Lorraine Swanson, News-Star, Dennis Robaugh, SouthtownStar, Oak Lawn Patch, Sherry Skalko, Sara Fay, Medill, Janine Iamunno, Chris "Topher" Gray, Chris Gray, Sofia Resnick

News & Politics, Media Nov 4, 2010
Takes One to Know One

Robert McClory's Radical Disciple looks at Father Pfleger as not just an activist but a priest.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Michael Pfleger, Father Pfleger, Robert McClory, Saint Sabina Church, Bob Hercules, Tom Roeser, Catholicism

News & Politics, Media Oct 28, 2010
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.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sun-Times Media, Tammy Chas, Orland Park Patch, Chicago Sun-Times

News & Politics, Media Oct 21, 2010
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.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Randy Michaels, Lee Abrams, Chicago Tribune, Tribune Company, David Carr, New York Times, Sam Zell, Arthur Brisbane, Times Mirror, Jim Squires, Jack Fuller, Gerry Kern, Chicago Headline Club

News & Politics, Media Oct 21, 2010
Tribune Summer

. . . with apologies to John T. McCutcheon.
- By Jim Siergey and Greg Simetz
- Tags: Media

News & Politics, Media Oct 14, 2010
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Surviving Without CPR

The Third Coast International Audio Festival's rocky first year without Chicago Public Radio
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Media

News & Politics, Media Oct 14, 2010
What's a Journalist?

Why a law that would help reporters protect confidential sources is hung up in Congress
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media

News & Politics, Media Sep 30, 2010
"Opinionating" Is Cheap

The strange, poignant logic behind Mayhill Fowler's decision to quit blogging for HuffPo.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media

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Welcome to our new digital home

Finally, Mad Ave gets its own set of principles.

How a legal storm capsized a petition to free a man who’s been imprisoned for three decades.

Tribune scribe mixes science and gut feeling

When prosecutors say defendants should die, mitigators look for reasons why they shouldn’t.

The Tribune's Kim Barker was no mere reporter; she was a Western woman!

It is not illegal to cross state lines to commit an act of journalism.

Society of Professional Journalists beset by internal strife stemming from Helen Thomas snub

An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.

A dubious quote triggers a media dustup in the 47th Ward

Groupon wanted me to sign a noncompete clause, even though I might never work there either.

The Sun-Times duplicates a freelancer's little-noticed scoop

As it puts old yearbooks online, classmates.com brings public attention to private messages and broken hearts

The Chicago News Cooperative launched with the promise of a pathbreaking online site. When will it arrive?

The ethics of a burgeoning trend in journalism

In a time-honored but sorely outdated tradition, the Tribune buries a couple of real boners about Rahm and Ron Huberman.

The Sun-Times Media layoffs: as good an example as any of what decent people do to decent people in a bad economy.

Is AOL's hyperlocal news network an evil slave empire or a boon to hungry journalists?

Robert McClory's Radical Disciple looks at Father Pfleger as not just an activist but a priest.

It was Tammy Chase's job to make layoffs at Sun-Times Media sound good. But now the company can't afford that either.

The story of the Tribune Company's decline is more nuanced than what you read in the New York Times.

. . . with apologies to John T. McCutcheon.

The Third Coast International Audio Festival's rocky first year without Chicago Public Radio

Why a law that would help reporters protect confidential sources is hung up in Congress

The strange, poignant logic behind Mayhill Fowler's decision to quit blogging for HuffPo.

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