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What Joe Ricketts Really Meant
There's what Joe Ricketts wrote in his DNAinfo death statement. And then there's what everyone else actually heard.
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When Windy Citizen Was the World
A decade ago, if the Tribune couldn't find the secret sauce at 435 North Michigan, we were going to come up with it ourselves in the back of a West Town coffee bar.
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Why Kristen McQueary Didn't Deserve a Pass from Her Readers
All you have are your words, and it’s your job to use them wisely at all times. That should be especially true for a Chicago Tribune editorial board member.
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ABC Chicago's Segregation Eve
Fifty years after Civil Rights, why does ABC Chicago think a New Year's Eve telecast with separate parties in white and black neighborhoods is a good thing?
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2010 Knight News Challenge Deadline December 1st
This year's Knight News Challenge deadline is December 1st. If you have an innovative idea about disseminating community news online, now is the time to apply for this Chicago Community Trust-managed grant competition.
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Chicago Blogosphere, Heal Thyself...Not
Chicago bloggers frequently express interest in creating a local ad network. But until we all get over the rampant tendency to consider each other mortal enemies in the futile quest for the next-big-multimillion-dollar online idea, none of us is getting off the blogger bread line anytime soon.
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Blogging Beyond the Bread Line
Another year, another potentially generic Chicago community news conference. But at this year's convening, Community Media Workshop and Growth Spur CEO Mark Potts put forward a couple of cogent calls to action for Windy City funders and bloggers alike, to stop talking and start getting things done.
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ChicagoNow You See It, Now You Don't
Last week, ChicagoNow pulled a controversial post from popular blogger "Joe the Cop" after a day of protest personally led by Time Out Chicago editor-in-chief Frank Sennett. Sennett called Joe a racist on Twitter in a day-long stream of 100 tweets. I think the real question is whether that makes Sen
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"The archives will remain online": The Troubling History of Geoff Dougherty
Media entrepreneur Geoff Dougherty ran two multimedia news ventures into the ground. Now, the embattled Chicago Reader has hired him as associate publisher. Maybe they didn't read his press. Here's a look at the track record the Reader's new owners may have missed.
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The Status Quo Vs. The Local Blogger
In Chicago, how people feel privately about the status quo and what they say about it in public are rarely the same. That applies to Chicago's blogosphere, too. In a new-media space where dissent makes people run for cover, how can local bloggers hope to make change happen?
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Are Unpaid Social Media Internships Legal?
Chicago nonprofits and businesses often use unpaid social media interns as a cheap way to gain institutional knowledge about building online community. But according to the U.S. Department of Labor, federal law requires that unpaid internships be for the benefit of the intern--not the company. And n
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Don't Be a Facebook Fraudster
Imagine my surprise when I emailed a colleague on Facebook and received a response from her boss. Word to the wise employer: if you want a presence on Facebook, make sure you're aware of the Terms of Service, first. Corporate fan pages? Feel free. Impersonating your employees? Facebook fraud.