Media
Chicago has been home to legendary journalists like Mike Royko, Ben Hecht, and Jerome Holtzman, as well as to radio and TV pioneers like Studs Terkel. A visit to the Museum of Broadcast Communications puts history in context. And of course, Oprah continues to broadcast her award-winning TV talk show from Chicago’s North Side.
As the third largest media market in the country, Chicago hosts subsidiaries to all the major American television networks. Some of the largest owners of daily newspapers are based here in Chicago.
Websites/Blogs
- Gaper’s Block – “a Chicago-centric web publication providing information on news and events around town.”
- News-Bites – Michael Miner’s media blog for the Chicago Reader
- Chicagoland – the Reader’s staff blog – includes a Chicagoland Blogroll list of Chicago-focused blogs
- Community Media Workshop – “Connecting the community with the media, the Workshop promotes news that matters.”
- AREA Chicago AREA Chicago Art/Research/Education/Activism is a publication and event series dedicated to researching, supporting and networking local social, political and cultural movements. See About for more information.
Newspapers and Magazines
- Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago Reader
- Chicago Defender
- Hyde Park Herald
- Chicago Reporter
- Chicago Magazine
- Crain’s Chicago Business
Radio/TV
- Chicago Public Radio
- WTTW – Public Television
- ChicagoTelevision.com – history of television in Chicago
