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Chicago Media Journal

Igor Studenkov
Tens of paid subscribers

Chicago media news, insights and opportunities, all in one place, delivered by one Chicago journalist.

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Latest Issues

Chicago Media Journal is working on a physical magazine

Well, here it is, readers and subscribers. The thing I’ve been teasing for the past few weeks. The Not-So-Secret Project.

I had a physical version of Chicago Media Journal in the back of my mind since I got a surge of over 100 subscribers...

6 days ago
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Daily Herald staff moves to unionize and AI “news” network expands to Chicago suburbs

Good morning, readers and subscribers.

Since the last post, I made quite a bit of progress on the Not-So-Secret Project. The preview isn’t as far along as I would like, but with the last day of August upon us and fall starting tomorrow, I...

8 days ago
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Chicago Journalism Mental Health Fund launches, and Chicago Public Media plans its own social network of sorts

Good morning, readers and subscribers.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense continues its campaign of taking editorial control of Stars and Stripes, a military newspaper that was always supposed to be editorially independent, firing i...

15 days ago
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As Alden cuts Daily Herald jobs, Chicago foundations work to shore up journalist mental health support

Good morning, readers and subscribers.

First of all, I realized that I never properly thanked those of you who donated to help offset the unexpected costs of buying a new camera. Some of the donations were pretty small, but a few (well, on...

22 days ago

A Canadian digital publisher gets funding to help expand into Illinois, and a sports bar starts a newspaper

Good morning, readers and subscribers

It was a relatively light week, news-wise. Emphasis on “relatively.” While there were only two news items that justified more than a few paragraphs, there are plenty of smaller items, including a bunch...

a month ago
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    The person behind Chicago Media Journal. Editor of the Westside Review magazine (on hiatus). Freelance journalist of many print and online publications.

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