If you #deletedfacebook but are still looking for a social network that works for you (ahem), here are 10 reasons to maybe go back. youtu.be/eoW8XhnZL4Y?si… S/o to 20x2 and #20x2chi

Calling all journalists. APPLY for a journalism fellowship. Good experience. Some deadlines are coming up very soon, but if anyone can make a deadline, it's a journalist. If you know of one, let me know. SHARE #CallingAllJournalists #journalism rebeccaaguilar.wordpress.com/2024/01/03/202…

Last week CNN asked me how I explain the downturn in the news industry: big layoffs, scant investment, no recovery in sight. A list of factors is not an explanation, I said. But that is what I have. So here's my thread. None of it should be news to people in the business. 0/

The shocking news about jurors streaming the hearing on cell phones in the back has caused the judge to take a break. Everyone is asking each other in the courtroom what this means big picture.

Skilling's star producer is staying. We aren't going to miss a beat.

Join the Chicago Media Bowling League for a scholarship fundraiser! Tuesday Feb. 6 starting at 7 p.m. at Fireside Bowl. $15 will cover 3 games and shoe rental. Proceeds will go to the Chicago Headline Club Foundation’s scholarships supporting student journalists.

Our Watchdog Award, sponsored by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, honors outstanding investigative reporting. Enter by February 12 at 11:59 p.m. headlineclub.org/awards/watchdo…

Nominations for the 2023 Peter Lisagor Awards close in three days! Enter by Monday, February 12 at 11:59 p.m. There will be no extension. headlineclub.org/2023-peter-lis…

Alden is making obscene money; we want fair wages to fight inflation, recognize our efforts to provide watchdog journalism and bring fairness to the gender, ethnic and racial disparities in pay. Alden needs to stop being stupid. Don't cut healthcare. Protect seniority.

Missed Jon Stewart on Monday? Here it is:

I think “allow extra travel time” is the cta’s new slogan. #BlueLine #Chicago

Exciting #CommunityMediaAwards news! Congrats to the 2024 Studs Terkel Award winners: 🎉 Bill Healy/Bill Healy 🎉 #DarcelRockett 🎉 Irene Romulo/Irene Romulo 🎉 Josh McGhee/Josh McGhee Join us for a special evening on 5/9. More: publicnarrative.org/2024/04/releas… #Congratulations

Tickets are on sale now for our 47th annual Peter Lisagor Awards ceremony! Early bird pricing ends Wednesday, April 10 at 11:59 p.m. eventbrite.com/e/47th-annual-…

The Plot to Kill Trump: How was a gunman able to fire at former President Donald Trump? Brian Entin walks through what went wrong in Butler, PA, using eyewitness accounts and exclusive interviews with local law enforcement. More: trib.al/9UBwF1I x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

WTTW prep in a very long United Center security line (she’s got two shows! 5:30 p.m. and after the convention)

There are dozens of reporters trapped at section 114 and they are not letting them back inside the arena. Ushers said the fire marshal won’t let more people in (even though these reporters have assigned seats).

I carried Malört shooters around the entire city of Chicago trying to get politicians to try what Gov. JB Pritzker called the unofficial drink of the Democratic National Convention for the The Washington Post. Here’s their reviews: