Chicago police killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo, and some media responded by questioning Toledo’s character. Black and Brown kids deserve better.
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Chicago Reader announces co-publisher team as the company moves to nonprofit
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 inReader
IRS approves Chicago Reader’s move to nonprofit model
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
Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago Humanities Festival wants you to feel powerful
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’
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
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
Sun-Times Media CEO says, “We’re stabilizing.”
Posted inMusic
Busy drummer Ben Billington releases music from two of his bazillion bands
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
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
A farewell to Obama—our country’s most inclusive president
The audacious vision of a Chicago president changed politics as we knew it.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Eight political New Year’s resolutions you can actually keep
Yes, they’re about politics—because now everything is political.
Posted inBlogs
John Oliver takes aim at Tronc
Last Week Tonight hilariously skewers the former Tribune Publishing.