Baffled travelers stepping off buses into an unknown city and life. Families huddled on police stations’ floors. Painful accounts of robberies and rapes, and of deaths in jungles and rivers - the price of escaping grim horrors. These and other stories told by the thousands of immigrants who have surged into Chicago in recent months, joining many thousands already here, have … [Read more...] about Chicago media struggle to tell migrant stories as thousands surge into the city
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Chicago Tribune creates podcast to lure younger demographic to investigative series marking 40th anniversary of Tylenol murders
Earlier this week, a friend of Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Christy Gutowski was walking past her 22-year-old daughter’s bedroom and heard Gutowski’s voice. Gutowski hadn’t stopped for a visit, however. Her voice was coming from a podcast the news outlet launched in an attempt to reach a younger demographic of its in-depth reporting. The eight-episode Unsealed … [Read more...] about Chicago Tribune creates podcast to lure younger demographic to investigative series marking 40th anniversary of Tylenol murders
Journalist’s book on former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan fills in gaps of two storied careers
Ray Long is either the luckiest man in Illinois journalism or he has an inside source. His just-released book about former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan came out only a few weeks after a headline making 22-count federal indictment was filed by the U.S. Justice Department against the 79-year-old career politician. “I turned it in January 2021,” said … [Read more...] about Journalist’s book on former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan fills in gaps of two storied careers
It’s getting hard and harder to find a newspaper for sale
Late last month, my son and I were photographed outside of Columbia College Chicago for a story about my employer’s new policy limiting children on campus. The Chicago Tribune photographer captured him in a wrap on my back, his blue Vans untied and a floral mask covering his face. It was my baby’s first newspaper photo. I’m just old school enough that after I … [Read more...] about It’s getting hard and harder to find a newspaper for sale
Michaels next to go at Tribune
For those who study or pay attention to the media and how they work, it is completely fascinating watching the effects of the New York Times’ story about the Chicago Tribune. The story characterized the Tribune offices as a frat house and when the story came out, people noticed. First, it isn’t often that one media company takes such a well directed shot at another company. … [Read more...] about Michaels next to go at Tribune