Publications that don’t pay writers get a lot of heat–but the next frontier is publications that get paid by interns.
Tag: Vol. 38 No. 18
Issue of Jan. 22 – 28, 2009
CCT Fellows include Silk Road and Sones de Mexico leaders
Silk Road’s Malik Gillani and Sones de Mexico’s Juan Dies are CCT Fellows
Why Illinois is so good
Roland Burris gives Blagojevich some competition for mind-bending self-regard.
More money on snow and ice
On top of the $8 million tab last month, the city has spent another $7 million clearing snow and ice so far in January.
Besides, who reads the endorsements anyway?
Two Yale bean counters advise newspapers to switch to a not-for-profit business model.
Mr. Right For CPS
Ron Huberman has met the primary requirement for heading the Chicago Public Schools: he knows how to keep Mayor Daley happy.
Back in the Mux
Sasha Frere-Jones interviews Justin Ouellette about the new Muxtape and its potential to become “the Facebook of music.”
WFMU DJ helps us uncover buried treasures on the Web
Doug Schulkind, one of WFMU’s best DJs, shares his online buried treasures.
Life after death
Does Rod Blagojevich want to go away the same way Rabbit Angstrom did?
The long awaited Chicago episode of No Reservations airs Monday
The long-awaited No Reservations Chicago episode airs Monday.
That kind of makes sense
The governor’s illogical media strategy might be the only logical option.
The Arizona Cardinals in the wilderness
Sportswriters who say the Arizona Cardinals didn’t win a playoff game between 1947 and 1998 forget the 1964 Playoff Bowl classic.
If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened
Blago claims his own hypothetical innocence, but he has to hear himself on the tapes to make sure.
In our end is our beginning
‘The Printed Blog’ launches, and this most Web 2.0 of papers has some very old-school charms.