Archive for September 11th, 2009

Chicagotalks.org Welcomes Citizen Journalists as Chi-Town Daily News Folds

Friday, September 11th, 2009
Chicagotalks.org Welcomes Citizen Journalists as Chi-Town Daily News Folds

Gapers Block: Merge – Chi-Town Daily News Folds broke the news about the online news site Chitowndailynews.com – 2007 winner of Knight news challenge grant ($340,000) – and its current economic problems, suggesting it was in trouble. But Chi-Town Daily News’ Geoff Doherty told the rest of the story on his site, writing, “We’ve concluded... »

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Aldermen Dispute Need for South Side Wal-Mart

Friday, September 11th, 2009

It’s coming down to a battle for each aldermanic vote in a fight over the addition of the first Wal-Mart on the South Side. A group of local ministers demanded attention at city hall this week in an attempt to gain aldermanic support in their quest to set fair worker standards. Meanwhile, Ald. Howard Brookins... »

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