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* Lots of hand-wringing out there after last week’s Tribune buyouts, but Chicagoland is a thriving news center with huge numbers of quality reporters covering just about everything under the sun. It’s 2021. All your news doesn’t always have to come from a single newspaper. Case in point from Robert Feder…

Invisible Institute, the Chicago-based nonprofit journalism production company, won its first Pulitzer Prize Friday for its work on a year-long investigation of K-9 units and the damage that police dogs inflict on Americans.

Along with the staffs of The Marshall Project, Alabama Media Group and the Indianapolis Star, Invisible Institute was cited in the national reporting category. It was the sole Chicago winner among the 2021 honorees.

Invisible Institute reporters Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Andrew Fan and Ellen Glover collaborated on the joint project with their counterparts.

The Pulitzer Prize board also cited Invisible Institute as a finalist in the audio reporting category (along with The Intercept and Topic Studios) for “Somebody,” a seven-part podcast series investigating the murder of a 22-year-old Chicago man, Courtney Copeland, and the institutional indifference surrounding it.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 12:17 pm

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Facebook has plenty of free replacements for the weekly Kass column, for those craving that content.

A move to move (actually) local reporting would be good for the city.

Comment by Ok Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 12:48 pm
“…. huge numbers of quality reporters covering just about everything under the sun”.

Evidently “everything under the sun” doesn’t include tornadoes in the Chicago suburbs. Neither the Tribune or Suntimes had a single word about it today. Both papers have been on a continuous quest to increase price and decrease content. I won’t bother to mention the left wing (and occassionally far left) bias. Democracy dies in the darkness and Chicago is pitch black.

Comment by c Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:08 pm
News will evolve and survive, and in many places flourish when good folks do good work.

When people mistake “opinion” as “news” and columnists as “reporters”, that a far greater danger than new mediums being used to deliver actual news

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:09 pm
=== Neither the Tribune or Suntimes had a single word about it today===

Both papers had news on their websites. You obviously have an Internet connection or you wouldn’t be here.

=== I won’t bother to mention the left wing (and occassionally far left) bias===

lol. At the Trib?

Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:15 pm
===… left wing (and occassionally far left) bias. Democracy dies in the darkness and Chicago is pitch black.===

So democracy can only survive if Kass and the Tribune editorial keep the far right crazy “in print”?

With your intertubes connection you can get all the Kass you’d ever want…

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:18 pm
=== Neither the Tribune or Suntimes had a single word about it today===

The tornado is literally the topmost story on teh Sun-Times’ website right now.

Comment by Benjamin Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:27 pm
Oh, and the Trib’s.

Comment by Benjamin Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:28 pm
Rich, your news aggregators that run on the right margin are invaluable. They include regional news and subject matter news that I would likely miss otherwise. Would you consider adding more ?

Comment by Scott Cross for President Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:32 pm
And, no, I’m not trying to pitch one Its just with so many good neighborhood sites and political columnists setting up their own homes, it can be tough to keep on top of them and stay current.

CapFax is our Wally’s for IL political news.

Comment by Scott Cross for President Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:39 pm
===Democracy dies in the darkness===

So you have a subscription to the Washington Post, or you just subscribe to the same philosophy?

Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:43 pm
@ -c-

Can you share some of the far left articles/op-eds that the Sun Time and Trib have published?

Comment by Chicago Blue Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 1:53 pm
I have a well educated friend who thinks the Tribune is no longer conservative. Reads Kass (he’s canceling subscription now) only and does not view Chapman as Republican.

On that note, with all the buyouts, what is the new Tribune going to replace their content with? Nationally syndicated columnists? Lower paid Medill recent graduates?

Comment by Original Rambler Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 3:18 pm
Nonprofit journalism seems to be trending these days. WBEZ has broken some huge stories in the past few years, and WTTW is a staple in lots of Chicago households. The Chicago Reporter is doing some solid work, City Bureau is no joke, and the Chicago Reader is going/has gone full 501c3.

Haven’t watched local network news or listened to WBBM in years. Taking my Tribune subscription and donating it to one of these organizations.

Comment by Left Leaner Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 3:55 pm
Does anyone actually need an editorial (as in opinion page–clearly editors are needed) page now? I mean, I can glance at Twitter and find far better commentary than anything the Trib or any other paper has ever had. And on topics that actually interest me.

It just seems that reporters covering local stories is more important than having a place in the paper for pontificators.

Comment by cermak_rd Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 4:12 pm
Not to worry, Kass has his own new site

Comment by Advocate Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 4:36 pm
“Neither the Tribune or Suntimes had a single word about it today.”

Imagine that… something that happened at 11pm didn’t make it into the next morning’s print edition?

Comment by Father Ted Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 5:34 pm
=== Anyone reading the trib could tell you that it is a liberal newspaper now.===

Explain the Editorial Board.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 5:52 pm
===lefty bias in the AP articles and local stories is ridiculous===

You mean facts? lol

Maybe you’re just unclear on the concept of news. Perhaps you should stick to Facebook.

Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 6:25 pm
Well at least Kass is history…

Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 6:26 pm
Response to cermac:
I only subscribe to the local paper for the op/eds. Likewise, I come here to read people’s opinions. My philosophy is that true knowledge is external so I like others opinions. No matter how wrong they are.

Comment by Lurker Monday, Jun 21, 21 @ 7:24 pm