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Vulture hedge fund can’t stop Chicago’s media ecosystem from thriving

  • By Kathleen Hayes
  • November 29, 2023

When Alden Global Capital bought Tribune Publishing in May 2021 and slashed Chicago Tribune newsroom staff to bare bones,.

Media News, Midwest, News

Chicago media struggle to tell migrant stories as thousands surge into the city

  • By Stephen Franklin
  • July 20, 2023

Baffled travelers stepping off buses into an unknown city and life. Families huddled on police stations’ floors. Painful accounts.

Media News, Midwest, News

After storied career at Chicago Sun-Times, Maudlyne Ihejirika is ‘redefining retirement’ 

  • By Zoë Takaki
  • May 25, 2023

When Maudlyne Ihejirika, an award-winning journalist, asked me to meet her at her office recently for our interview, I.

Media News, Midwest

The case for building better business journalism

  • By Betsy Edgerton
  • March 2, 2023

Business journalism, if done well, is community journalism.  The beats converge in stories about burgeoning small businesses, from a.

Midwest, News

Two SIUC graduates make Editor & Publisher list of inspiring young journalists

  • By Elizabeth Tharakan
  • February 23, 2023

Photojournalist Tiffany Blanchette was standing with a family after their house had burned down just east of Kankakee, Il.

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