As history is made in Chicago’s mayoral election, newsrooms struggle for diverse leadership
On election night in late February in the East Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, about 100 supporters and family members of……
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Artificial Intelligence that can write stories and crunch data is spreading in newsrooms. That’s a good thing for journalists
In 2009, a team of researchers and students at Northwestern University developed software that fully automates the writing of baseball……
Syndicated Wisconsin editorial cartoonist gets hate mail from all over the country. His response? ‘Whatever’
Phil Hands is either “a moron” or “brilliant,” depending on what he draws. The nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist at the……
Lee scraps Post-Dispatch’s copy desk
A reflection And then there were none. The executives at Lee Enterprises, which bought the Post-Dispatch in 2005, have been……
Journalism largely failed in R. Kelly case, but Sun-Times reporters persisted
Jim DeRogatis, a Chicago pop music critic with a hard news background, almost threw away a fax he received the……