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A look at what Chicago area news readers want, and more on Village Media’s Central Illinois expansion
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First of all, a bit of housekeeping. There will be no missive next Monday. I need to carve out some time to celebrate my birthday with my family, work on the magazine and finish a feature article that...
NEWSWELL orders its Chicago area newspapers to change their freelancing practices
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This time last week, Chicago Media Journal grew past the 400-subscriber mark. We do still get some unsubscribes, but the general pattern so far is that I gain 1-2 subscribers for every subscriber I lo...
Chicago Journalist Association awards open for nominations, and a Gold Coast magazine quietly closes
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I hope that everybody had the long, three-day weekend off. Given how many folks reading this are journalists, I realize that this wasn’t even a possibility for many of you. News insists on happening, n...
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...
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...
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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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