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This Thursday, June 12, I will join leading Chicago bloggers (including Andrew Huff from the venerable GapersBlock) for a discussion panel at Community Media Workshop's 2008 Making Media Connections conference.
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What on earth is Bill Adee thinking? The Chicago Tribune's associate managing editor in charge of online operations announced today yet another slew of changes for the paper's website. If anyone misses 1990s-era websites, have no fear: the Trib has your back with these changes. From a clunky Times f
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Today, the controversial editor of the Sun-Times Opinion page resigned. After the battle I had with her in these pages over remarks she made at a Chicago Publicity Club event in December, I'm not surprised.
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On Friday, I opined about the deliberate lack of editorial direction on the Commentary page of the Chicago Sun-Times. My criticism stemmed from comments made by Sun-Times Opinion editor, Cheryl Reed, at a Publicity Club of Chicago luncheon last Wednesday. Now Reed is claiming she was misquoted. I do
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I just heard the Chicago Sun-Times Opinion page editor, Cheryl Reed, speak at a Publicity Club of Chicago luncheon. Based on what she had to say, someone in the audience asked a pointed question, one my entire table was thinking: What's the use of an opinion page when the editor admits they only wri
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Yesterday, I was thrilled to learn that nothing bad happened, had happened, or was about to happen in the City of Chicago. I was told so by the Chicago Sun-Times. Well, unless you were 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney.
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Given me and my big mouth, it had to happen sometime. Today debuts Downtown Local, my (most likely allegedly) weekly podcast look at life, love, and folly from the heart of downtown Chicago. I'll use the podcast to expand on issues I cover in my regular blog posts, as well as to share new stories--a
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Once again, this month find my words in Community Media Workshop's annual media guide, the 2008 'Getting on the Air, Online & into Print.' Here's how that wonderful opportunity came about.
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Today, unbeknownst to Yours Truly, a quote from Chicago Carless calling for the resignation of scandal-dogged Chicago Police Department superintendent Phil Cline was featured in the Opinion section of the Chicago Tribune. That's neat, because before Noon today, Phil Cline did just that.
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Today, my boyfriend, Devyn Caldwell, was quoted in the New York Times regarding the Homeland Security cameras that he and I helped get removed from their former home--smack on top of Jaume Plensa's Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.
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Today, the Chicago Tribune quoted Devyn and me regarding the horrendously misplaced Homeland Security cameras that now sit atop Jaume Plensa's Crown Fountain in Millennium Park. We found the cameras over the weekend and immediately contacted the newspaper to complain. Why? Surveillance cameras don't
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I wrote an essay about the lessons I learned pitching bloggers for the national '7 Days @ Minimum Wage' employment-rights video blog project. Now, Chicago's Community Media Workshop has published that essay on their website as part of their grassroots training library. Here's what I learned in a nut