And they think their boss, Torey Malatia, is focusing on the trimmings.
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Chicago Public Radio—an internal report on its new Strategic Plan
A brief analysis of Chicago Public Radio’s new internal strategic plan.
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Is This the Future of Chicago Journalism?
The Chicago Community Trust is scattering half a million dollars in seed money to support 12 innovative local journalism projects. It’s a new program, Community News Matters, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation ($250,000) and the John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation ($100,000) as well as CCT; spokesperson Vivian Vahlberg says […]
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A Round of Really!?! With Mayor Daley
We have some follow-up questions to the questions other outlets have been asking him about our stories.
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Feder to Vocalo
Robert Feder, longtime radio-TV writer for the Sun-Times, is ending a year’s retirement to blog on media for vocalo.org. A spokesman for Chicago Public Radio says Feder is the first of several “expert bloggers” that Vocalo will soon be announcing. A three-year-old multimedia experiment that CPR created but bends over backward to remain publicly distant […]
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Reporting on Your Own House
The pitfalls of covering the publication you work for—and why you have to do it.
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Gay activist Cleve Jones in town to promote National Equality March
Noted gay activist Cleve Jones—a close associate of Harvey Milk’s and founder of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt—will be in Chicago Saturday, August 29, to promote the upcoming National Equality March for LGBT rights taking place the weekend of October 10 in Washington, D.C.
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That’s what I’m talking about
Was a man’s life traded for a principle? Michael Miner’s piece on the lawyers who secretly knew Alton Logan was innocent of murder won the Chicago Headline Club’s Lisagor for best news column in a nondaily.
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Chicago Public Radio’s little secret
Should Chicago Public Radio have kept Vocalo a secret from its own subscribers?
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Layoffs at WBEZ, Vocalo
Chicago Public Radio lays off 11 staffers, 9 from WBEZ and 2 from Vocalo
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Hear it now — Vocalo
Chicago Public Radio’s experimental Vocalo station is broadcasting.
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Have you made your pledge to Vocalo yet?
WBEZ is asking the public for money again, but not mentioning that some of it will go to Vocalo.
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Goodbye Beautiful
Chicago Public Radio’s plans for the coming year don’t include Hello Beautiful, Richard Steele’s new show, or VP Ron Jones.
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Deeper thoughts on Vocalo and citizen journalism
Deeper thoughts on Vocalo and citizen journalism.
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Torey’s folly
Vocalo, Chicago Public Radio’s experimental station, soft-launches like the Hindenburg.