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Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2018
Pulitzer winner Mark Konkol to lead Chicago Reader

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Konkol is named executive editor of the Chicago Reader.
- Tags: News, Media, Behind Our Scenes, Mark Konkol, Chicago Reader, John J. Kim, Frank Main, 2011 Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize, executive editors, Chicago Reader, Edwin Eisendrath, Sun-Times Media LLC., DNAInfo, Chicago Sun-TImes, Daily Southtown, television, CNN, Jake Malooley

News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 20, 2017
Joe Ricketts made a bad year for local news far worse

When he pulled the plug on DNAinfo Chicago and Chicagoist, the city lost an invaluable source for information.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Worst of Chicago, Joe Ricketts, DNAinfo, Worst of Chicago, Chicagoist, TD Ameritrade, Wrigley Field

Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2017
Joe Ricketts, DNAinfo, and the fearsomeness of labor

Unions give conservative billionaire Ricketts the willies.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Politics, DNAinfo, Joe Ricketts, Tom Ricketts, Pete Ricketts, Chicago Cubs, Ted Cox, Alisa Hauser, Nebraska, organized labor, Writers Guild of America

Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2017
Kanye West returns to Chicago, makes first live appearance in nearly a year, and other news

Also, the Chicago Police Department discredits terrorism plot rumors.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Aragon Ballroom, Life of Pablo, Harold's Chicken Shack, Chicago Police Department, terrorism, OEMC, Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Alicia Tate-Nadeau, gun violence, Starbucks, Joe Ricketts, TD Ameritrade, DNAinfo Chicago, Chicagoist, DNAinfo, unions, debt rating, Standard & Poor's, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Halberstam, Writers Theatre

Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2017
Joe Ricketts penned a love letter to Trump while shutting down DNAinfo and Chicagoist

The writing may have been on the wall, aka the anti-union billionaire's blog.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Media, News, Whoa, DNAinfo, Joe Ricketts, Chicago Cubs, Donald Trump, Gothamist, Chicagoist

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 13, 2017
Recommended Slideshow
Quiote’s offbeat Mexican food pairs perfectly with agave spirits

The multifaceted Logan Square concept from former Salsa Truck owner Dan Salls includes a basement bar with a wealth of mezcal.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Quiote, Dan Salls, Mexican, Salsa Truck, mezcal, agave, spirits, DNAinfo, Paul Biasco, Recommended, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2016
Looking to Nebraska—and the Ricketts family—for leadership

Illinois should consider a trade with Nebraska: our struggling Republican governor for theirs.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Politics, Sports, Ricketts family, Joe Ricketts, Pete Ricketts, Tom Ricketts, DNAinfo, Chicago Cubs, Nebraska, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Tribune Company, "Ricketts Plan, "

Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2015
What happened to Dane Tidwell?

The creator of the gay website Opus Chicago disappeared and reemerged—but his troubles persist.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: LGBT, Media, News, Dane Tidwell, Adam Henderson, Opus Chicago, Chicago Reader, Holger Schlageter, DNAinfo

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2015
Search for Dane Tidwell enters second week

The founder of gay media site Opus Chicago (formerly Chicago Phoenix) and former partner in Gay Chicago has vanished.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Dane Tidwell, DNAinfo, Opus Chicago, Chicago Phoenix, Gerald Farinas, Holger Schlageter, Adam Henderson, Courtney Bednyak, Daniel Bednyak, Craig Gernhardt, Ralph Paul Gernhardt, Jacob Meister

Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2015
Keeping up with the Rickettses

From the death penalty to Wrigley rooftops, the Rickettses are active on many fronts
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Politics, Sports, News, Tom Ricketts, Joe Ricketts, Pete Ricketts, Wrigley Field, death penalty, Nebraska, heinous crimes, DNAinfo

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2015
The double life of Darryl Holliday, Chicago's award-winning news drawer

The DNAinfo reporter talks about his day job and his passion for illustrated news.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Neighborhoods, Media, News, Darryl Holliday, E.N. Rodriguez, Jamie Hibdon, DNAinfo, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader, CityLab, the Atlantic, Community Media Workshop, Studs Terkel Awards, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, medium.com, the NIB

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2015
Video
Using Jimi Hendrix to beat Mayor Rahm's fund-raising machine

Here's hoping some positive vibrations can overcome the negativity paid for by Mayor Rahm's limitless bank account and get this election to a runoff.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Jimi Hendrix, Little Wing, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, The Hideout, First Tuesdays, Jen Sabella, DNAinfo, Perri Small, Dan Mihalopoulos, Sun-Times, Lisa Lampanelli, Ken Davis, Chicago Newsroom, Darth Vader, Peter Holderness, Mick Dumke, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2015
Mayor Rahm sends me a kinder, gentler version of a dead fish

Some of the greatest journalistic minds in Chicago will come to the Hideout on February 3 to discuss, among other things, whether there's any truth whatsoever to Rahm's campaign propaganda.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, The Hideout, Bob Fioretti, Jesus Garcia, William Walls, Willie Wilson, Dan Mihalopoulos, Jen Sabella, Perri Small, dnainfo, WVON, Joe Ricketts, Bruce Rauner, Reader, Rahm Emanuel, Sun-Times, Mick Dumke, Chicago, minimum wage, Rick Santorum

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2014
Kedzie Avenue gets the Illustrated Press treatment

Darryl Holliday and company are Kickstarting their effort to collect stories for a second book, Kedzie Avenue.
- By Bianca Betancourt
- Tags: Books, Arts, Neighborhoods, News, illustrated press, north lawndale, kedzie avenue, ashland avenue, dnainfo, darryl holliday, kickstarter, aan, association of alternative newsmedia, chicago, neighborhoods

News & Politics, On Politics Aug 27, 2014
As TIFs keep collecting tax dollars, schools face more cuts

Mayor Emanuel sits on an estimated $1.7 billion in TIF reserves.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, TIFs, tax increment financing, Tom Tresser, Rahm Emanuel, schools, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, activists, taxes, property taxes, blight, Civic Lab, think tanks, budgets, TIF districts, transparency, school budgets, education funding, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, spending, Jeanette Taylor, local school councils, Mollison Elementary School, south side, receiving schools, school closings, Kimberly Henderson, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, DNAinfo, 3rd Ward, Pat Dowell, accounting

Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2014
Is the Near North Side the right neighborhood for Obama College Prep?

The pros and cons of putting another selective enrollment high school in the Near North area.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Education, Neighborhoods, Poverty, Segregation, Politics, News, Obama College Prep, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Alderman Walter Burnett Jr., Near North Side, Stanton Park, selective enrollment schools, socioeconomic diversity, Payton College Prep, Jones College Prep, Whitney Young Magnet, Lane Tech, Lindblom Math & Science Academy, Northside College Prep, Brooks College Prep, King College Prep, South Shore International, Westinghouse College Prep, DNAinfo, Meghan Harte, tax increment financing, Cabrini-Green, Robert Taylor Homes, Stateway Gardens, ABLA, Chicago Housing Authority, mixed-income housing, Near West Side, Pilsen, Little Village, Saint Rita High School, Mount Carmel High School, Ashburn, Woodlawn, De La Salle Institute, Saint Ignatius College Prep

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2014
DNAinfo Chicago covered every local homicide—until it didn't

DNAinfo did good but wouldn't own up to it.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, DNAinfo, "The Human Toll, " "blue" crimes, Bill Mullen, Chicago Tribune, Anne Keegan Award, Sharon Cohen, AP, Shamus Toomey, Mark Konkol, "Chicagoloand, " Erica Demarest, Rahm Emanuel, WBEZ

News & Politics, On Politics Nov 26, 2013
Rahm says the schools are out of money—but not for Lincoln Park

After closings and cuts around the city, the mayor finds $18 million for an affluent neighborhood school.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, 43rd Ward, Michele Smith, City Council, Rahm Emanuel, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, school closings, teachers, Lincoln Elementary School, Lincoln Park, school funding, gifted programs, French programs, Tim Cawley, school utilization, LaSalle Elementary School, Children's Memorial Hospital, development, Dan McCaffery, school expansion, DNAinfo, neighborhood schools, neighborhoods

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 23, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Is Chief Keef selling enough for Interscope?

Plus: New music from Circuit des Yeux, a new label for Mount Salem, and more
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Chief Keef, Almighty So, Finally Rich, DNAinfo, Nielsen Soundscan, Haley Fohr, Circuit des Yeux, Overdue, Ba Da Bing!, Cave's Cooper Crain, Little Village, Hegira, Mount Salem, Endless, Charles Manson, Emily Kopplin, Metal Blade, Uzala, Yob, Mike Scheidt, seapunk, Ultrademon, Seapunk, Bahrain, Omega Point, Mainframe

Blogs, Bleader Sep 17, 2013
On top of everything else, Stony Island is the wrong street

Stony Island is the wrong street to rename in honor of Bishop Arthur Brazier
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Transportation, Media, News, Bishop Arthur Brazier, Rahm Emanuel, Apostolic Church of God, Stony Island Avenue, 63rd Street, Mary Mitchell, The Woodlawn Organization, DNAInfo, Hermene Hartman, N'Digo, Valorie Jarrett, Jackie Grimshaw

Blogs, Bleader Apr 23, 2013
Reason for concern? The Ricketts family own the Cubs and DNAInfo

Joe Ricketts launched DNA Info. His son Tom runs the Chicago Cubs. What are we to think?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, DNAInfo, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Joe Ricketts, Tom Ricketts, Chicago Tribune, Tribune Company, Jay Mariotti, Rick Telander, Dan McGrath, Sammy Sosa, Serena Dai, Shamus Toomey

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2013
The Salsa Truck will be the first to cook onboard and food news bites

Mrs. Patmore, Alpana's replacement, Alderman Ed Burke, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, DNAinfo, Downton Abbey, Mrs. Patmore, food trucks, the Salsa Truck, Alpana Singh, Check, Please!, Alderman Ed Burke, reason.com

Blogs, Bleader Nov 27, 2012
DNAinfo launches in Chicago

The New York news site launches its Chicago operation
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, DNAinfo, Joe Ricketts, Mark Konkol, Ted Cox, Chicago Cubs, hyperlocal journalism, Dave Newbart, Shamus Toomey

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