The Chicago Reader debuted October 1, 1971—almost two years before DJ Kool Herc threw the very first hip-hop party in the Bronx in August 1973, nearly three years before the Ramones made their first appearance onstage at CBGB in August 1974, and more than five years before Frankie Knuckles first spun at the Warehouse in […]
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‘The narrative was the key’
Reader cofounder and original editor Bob Roth had some radical ideas about editors. He didn’t want them to prescribe what went into the paper, or to solicit it. He wanted the stories to crop up like some natural urban flora and make their way on their own to the Reader office. The editors’ jobs would […]
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John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise raises questions about the official story
Former Reader editor Alison True’s investigation fuels a new Peacock series.
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Lee Sandlin, scourge of the small screen
Revisiting the take-no-prisoners TV criticism of Lee Sandlin
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RIP Lee Sandlin, longtime Reader writer
In remembrance of the author and critic, along with links to some of Sandlin’s work
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In praise of the Chicago Tribune’s Christopher Borrelli
I’m a fan of the Trib general assignment features reporter.
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Former Reader editor delves into the hunt for more of John Wayne Gacy’s dead
Former Reader editor delves into the hunt for more of John Wayne Gacy’s dead.
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Are there other Gacy graves?
A new website is launched to spur a hunt for more victims of John Wayne Gacy
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You can revisit the past, but you can’t go home again
Reflecting on the Reader‘s 40-year history . . . and my own
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Geoff Dougherty Comes Over to the Reader; Kiki Yablon Is Named Editor, Alison Draper Publisher
New leadership announced at the Chicago Reader