Media News, Midwest
Chicago Sun-Times drops its paywall. Will other local newspapers follow?
It was big news in January when nonprofit WBEZ radio in Chicago acquired the Chicago Sun-Times, raising $61 million.
Media News, Midwest
State of rural journalism: Buyers needed, news deserts expanding
The challenges of rural journalism are mainly the challenges of the communities it tries to serve, and many of.
Media News, Midwest
Nonprofit news outlets bolster statehouse coverage across the country, including in Illinois
Full time statehouse reporters are now a luxury for many news organizations. Brenden Moore, who reports on state politics.
Media News, Midwest
More news outlets stop publishing mugshots in wake of George Floyd protests, national reckoning over race
A growing number of media outlets are banning the publication of police mugshots–and in some cases, removing them from.
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Management is supposed to manage, right?
Were this to have happened across the pond, British pundits would have called it “dumb arse stupid”: Jim Romenesko reports on his website that “the Kansas City Star has told reporters Karen Dillon and Dawn Bormann that one of them has to leave the paper, and they — not management — have to decide who goes.”