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Posted inFilm

Rewriting the rules of journalism (with fire)

by Josh Flanders and Sheri Flanders March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

“They have found their way to work within a system that’s designed to exclude them.”

Posted inReader events

Journalism and Police Accountability: Perspectives from the Chicago Reader and the Chicago Torture Justice Center

by Chicago Reader January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Reader co-publisher Karen Hawkins, former Reader reporter John Conroy, Aislinn Pulley, co-executive director of the Chicago Torture Justice Center, and Mark Clements, an activist and police torture survivor discussed the role of journalism in uncovering police violence.

Adam Toledo, 13, was killed by Chicago police. This group marches for his justice.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Media’s ‘utter lack of humanity’

by Arionne Nettles April 20, 2021August 18, 2021

Chicago police killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo, and some media responded by questioning Toledo’s character. Black and Brown kids deserve better.

Posted inReader

Chicago Reader announces co-publisher team as the company moves to nonprofit

by Chicago Reader November 12, 2020August 18, 2021

Tracy Baim, publisher for the past two years, will now be co-publisher alongside Karen Hawkins, who has been co-editor in chief with Sujay Kumar since 2019.

Posted inPress releases

IRS approves Chicago Reader’s move to nonprofit model

by Chicago Reader September 15, 2020May 16, 2022

The new Reader Institute for Community Journalism, Inc. (RICJ) has received 501(c)(3) nonprofit status from the Internal Revenue Service. On January 1, 2021, RICJ will take over the Chicago Reader newspaper from its current owners.

Posted inNews & Politics

This is my brain on local TV news

by Maya Dukmasova August 13, 2020August 18, 2021

Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.

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Posted inReader

Chicago Reader to become a nonprofit newsroom

by Chicago Reader November 20, 2019December 6, 2021

New model will launch in 2020

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago Humanities Festival wants you to feel powerful

by Brianna Wellen October 1, 2019August 18, 2021

This season’s lineup focuses on harnessing the strength within.

Posted inBlogs

Sy Hersh on his rough-and-tumble Chicago past: ‘At some point I realized I was in a tyranny’

by Ryan Smith June 29, 2018August 18, 2021

An interview with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who discusses his Chicago origin story and more.

Posted inBlogs

Reader wins five awards from the Chicago Headline Club

by Reader staff May 12, 2018August 18, 2021

The paper won Peter Lisagor Awards for in-depth, feature, and education reporting, photography, and arts criticism Friday night.

Posted inNews & Politics

Edwin Eisendrath discusses the offensive Reader cover, staff diversity, and the paper’s future

by Adeshina Emmanuel February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

Sun-Times Media CEO says, “We’re stabilizing.”

Posted inMusic

Busy drummer Ben Billington releases music from two of his bazillion bands

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

Busy drummer Ben Billington releases music from two of his bazillion bands, black digital media platform the TRiiBE crowdfunds new projects, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Majority of south- and west-siders feel Chicago media ‘too negative’ about their neighborhoods

by Maya Dukmasova January 22, 2018August 18, 2021

But according to the results of a new survey, Chicagoans are willing to donate to news organizations and even get involved in coverage.

Posted inBlogs

Journalists will never be loved, least of all by Trump

by Michael Miner February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

But who cares? We’re useful.

Posted inBlogs

A farewell to Obama—our country’s most inclusive president

by Derrick Clifton January 11, 2017August 18, 2021

The audacious vision of a Chicago president changed politics as we knew it.

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