"AI Progress Report," Medill Local News Initiative, 6/9/25

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"Paving the Cherry Road," Medill Local News Initiative, 5/12/25

 

"Students on the Beat," Medill Local News Initiative, 4/9/25

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"Maine Pages," Medill Local News Initiative, 3/3/25

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"Deserted by Fact-Checking," Medill Local News Initiative, 1/22/25

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"Haunted By Ghost Papers," Medill Local News Initiative, 12/12/24

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"Writer Underwriting Writer," Medill Local News Initiative, 10/22/24

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"Report Rings Public Media Alarm Bell," Medill Local News Initiative, 9/20/24

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"Do Homepages Still Matter?" Medill Local News Initiative, 8/29/24

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"Can Local Journalism Find Fatigue Cure?" Medill Local News Initiative, 8/6/24

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"After the Raid: Lawsuits, Boosted Circulation, Fallout from the Death of a 98-Year-Old Mother," Medill Local News Initiative, 6/18/24

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"Illinois Passes $25 Million in Tax Credits To Boost Local Journalism," Medill Local News Initiative, 5/30/24

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"Impact of AI on Local News Models," Medill Local News Initiative, 5/8/24

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"The Most Ambitious Package of Local Journalism Policy," Medill Local News Initiative, 2/19/24

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"Finding 'What Works,'" Medill Local News Initiative, 1/30/24

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"On the Lookout for Local News," Medill Local News Initiative, 10/26/23

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"Newsrooms on the Run," Medill Local News Initiative, 10/10/23

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"The Promise vs. Fear of AI," Medill Local News Initiative, 9/21/23

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"Restart the Presses?" Medill Local News Initiative, 8/10/23 

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"Pursuing Facts in the Time of Lies" (Marty Baron Pt. 2), Medill Local News Initiative, 8/2/23

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"Local News Can't Be 'Damsel in Distress,'" (Marty Baron Pt. 1), Medill Local News Initiative, 8/1/23

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"Investigations, Collaborations and Alligators," Medill Local News Initiative, 6/13/23

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"Is Local News Failing To Hold Public Officials Accountable?" Medill Local News Initiative, 6/6/23

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"Are News Outlets Using the Wrong Metrics To Assess Sites' Success?" Medill Local News Initiative, 5/4/23

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"As 'Pink Slime' Aims To Fill News Vacuum, Is Anyone Reading?" Medill Local News Initiative, 3/28/23

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"House Divided: Trax Records helped launch Chicago's own music genre, but the artists behind the influential label say weren't fairly compensated..." Chicago magazine, 3/14/23 

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"The Case for Government Support of Local Journalism," Medill Local News Initiative, 3/1/23

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"The Long Haul: Inside one neurologist's quest to solve the mystery of COVID's most puzzling complication," Chicago magazine, 9/13/22

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"What's New in Local News?" Medill Local News Initiative, 8/23/22

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"Rebounding from a Revolt, Chicago's Victory Gardens Is Again Mired in Turmoil," The New York Times, 8/1/22 

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"The Big Truth: University of Chicago professor Robert Pape has spent the past year and a half examining the January 6 insurrectionists — and sounding the alarm about the future of democracy. Is America listening?" Chicago magazine, 7/19/25

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“Taking Over Victory Gardens to Make a ‘Theater for All,” The New York Times, 4/18/21

 

“It’s a new day for ’80s ‘jangle’ courtesy of Pylon, ‘Strum and Thrum’ box sets,”

Chicago Sun-Times, 3/26/21

 

“Chicago music critic Howard Reich avoided writing about his family and the Holocaust until it became his calling,” The Forward, 1/14/21

 

“As Chicago Jews mourn the Standard Club, some refuse to say goodbye,” The Forward, 11/23/20

 

“How to Open a Top-Tier Restaurant in a Pandemic? Rethink Everything,” The New York Times, 7/28/20.

 

“Letter From Chicago: In pandemic Gov. Pritzker finds his moment,” The Forward, 4/1/20

 

“My dad lives in a senior facility with coronavirus cases. If he can’t get tested, who can?” The Forward, 3/23/20

 

“The Most American Startup Ever: How Cameo reinvented the monetization of fame for the social-media era,” Chicago magazine, 1/14/20

 

“A Man Worth Killing: Nick Kokonas Has Some Enemies,” Chicago magazine, 7/30/19

 

“What’s the Price of Justice? For Jon Loevy, go-to lawyer for the wrongfully convicted, that’s the multimillion-dollar question,” Chicago magazine, 10/16/18

 

“Please Don’t Take Carrie Coon Too Seriously,” Chicago magazine,10/1/18

 

“A Gilbert and Sullivan Jaunt to Margaritaville,” The New York Times,

11/27/17

 

“Big Data Dining: Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” Chicago magazine, 11/13/17

 

“The Lonely Crusade of Jim DeRogatis,” Chicago magazine, 10/16/17

 

“A Movie Date with My Younger Self,” The New York Times, 3/24/17

 

“Garry Shandling Memorial Mixes Laughs, Tears and a Few Characters,” The New York Times, 4/25/16

“Milwaukee dives into water tech, Chicago just getting feet wet,” Chicago Tribune, 6/12/15

 

“Should Rembrandt, Van Gogh help bail out a bankrupt Detroit?” Los Angeles Times, 10/18/13