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Feature

Disability Representation in Media: More Than a Label

Anna Bitz, February 18, 2025February 17, 2025

Although the news media has improved how it depicts issues of disability, some argue it…

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Feature

Chicago journalists honor media workers killed in Gaza

Chicago Talks, December 13, 2023December 13, 2023

Images depicting people smiling in press vests, hugging their children and holding cameras filled the…

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Politics

News consumers share their views on bias in a polarized country

Chicago Talks, December 15, 2020December 16, 2020

In August 2020, the Knight Foundation released a report, American Views 2020: Trust, Media and…

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Community

Implications of Big Data Collection to Journalists

Chicago Talks, November 11, 2014

Data collection, especially mass data collection, has huge implications, both positive and negative, for journalists….

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Crime

Peter Nickeas’ Real Life Nightmare in Chicago

Chicago Talks, July 14, 2014

Last weekend in Chicago there were 82 shootings resulting in 16 deaths. Bob Garfield of On…

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Editor's Choice

Social networks + Reporters + History = Future of News

Chicago Talks, November 23, 2013

“If JFK was assassinated today, how would the news look?” was a question for many…

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Editor's Choice

Local Independent News Publishers Meeting at Columbia

Chicago Talks, October 4, 2013

The LION summit, a meeting of publishers of local independent news sites from around the…

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Potential Authors-Don’t Judge an eBook By Its Cover

Chicago Talks, January 25, 2011

More and more writers can call themselves authors due to advances in eReader and eBook technology

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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