Tag: chicago
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shaking it up (Taken with Cinemagram)
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Chicago Way May Come to Have Enlighted Meaning
Image via Wikipedia At the OpenGov Chicago meetings, there is energy and excitement. Carlson, Tolva, and Goldstein have all attended. As a journalist teacher, I find encouragement to get involved with the data. And that’s what I’ll be doing this semester. there’s something new going on in the Windy City that’s worth sharing with the…
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The Chicago “Snubs”
Well, it is so cliched, but we are pretty corny city and state. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Chicago Snubs www.thedailyshow.com http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:372137 Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on Facebook
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Danilel X. O’Neil’s Primer on City of Chicago Contracting: Derivative Works (DXO)
Forget the foolish focus on “who” will be the new “Mayor Daley.” This focus on the what that goes on with each action and contract cuts to heart of the City’s problems. The wink and then the no bid contract to the friend, political ally, or somebody’s relative. It is not nickle and dime’ing us,…
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Another reason why we don’t need the Olympics in Chicago.
The state is the legal guarantor of up to $275 million in McPier debt. In the event of a shortfall in McPier’s accounts, the agency can go directly to the state comptroller to get the funds it needs up to the $275-million limit, without having to go back to the General Assembly for a separate…
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Mike Doyle notes report on local blogs and media and more.
from ChicagoNow by Mike Doyle Chicago Carless But wait, there’s more. This Saturday (June 13th) also brings the Chicago Media Future Conference to town. Organized by Mike Fourcher, founder of Purely Political Consulting, Barbara Iverson, Columbia College journalism professor and publisher of ChicagoTalks.org, and Scott Smith, Senior Editor at Playboy.com, as a follow-up to February’s…
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The 2009 Conference on the Future of Chicago Media
Coming in June. Don’t Miss these Panels. More info coming soon. The 2009 Conference on the Future of Chicago Media. http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js
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Live blog from WeMedia: Donna Shalala & Lennox Yearwood
Conversation with Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami and former Secretary of Health and Human Services; and Lennox Yearwood, president of the Hip Hop Caucus. Interviewed by Sam Grogg, Dean of the School of Communications. Setting up for WeMedia
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Sustainable Journalism in the Age of Internet
Several years ago, I ran into Len Witt at Blog Nashville, where he caught my attention because he was a journalist who was trying out blogging with an open mind and he had a very solid commitment to the social responsibility side of journalism that was called “civic journalism” just before the days of Internet.…
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