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Media
May 12, 2020
One murder, four years, no answers
A mother takes to podcasting wondering if CPD did “a cover-up or are they just this damn incompetent?”
By Maya Dukmasova
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Media
,
Somebody podcast
,
Courtney Copeland
,
Shapearl Wells
,
Alison Flowers
,
Bill Healy
,
Chicago Police Department
,
Invisible Institute
,
murder
,
murder clearance rate
,
CPD
,
shooting
,
Belmont Cragin
,
Laquan McDonald
,
police accountability
News & Politics
,
Media
Jun 14, 2019
Your favorite alt-weekly is up for two national awards
The
Reader
received two Association of Alternative Newsmedia nominations for best feature story and one for the Block Beat.
By Andrea Michelson
Tags:
Media
,
AAN
,
Association of Alternative Newsmedia
,
Chicago Reader
,
Maya Dukmasova
,
Morgan Elise Johnson
,
Tiffany Walden
,
The TRiiBE
,
The Block Beat
,
Stuart V. Goldberg
News & Politics
,
Media
Feb 29, 2012
Slideshow
Video
Introducing the new ChicagoReader.com
Welcome to our new digital home
By Mara Shalhoup
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Media
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Media
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Chicago Tribune
,
Dick Longworth
,
Gov. Scott Walker
,
Jim O'Shea
,
journalism
,
labor unions
,
media criticism
,
New York Times
,
unions
,
Wisconsin
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
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Media
,
Helen Thomas
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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
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Media
,
Bart Goldberg
,
Election
,
politics
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Chicago News Cooperative
,
Early and Often
,
Chicago Tribune
,
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,
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
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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
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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
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Media
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