Gauging the Health of Chicago’s Daily Newspapers, and the Future Media Landscape

Gauging the Health of Chicago’s Daily Newspapers, and the Future Media Landscape

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Chicago has been a two newspaper town for a long time, but both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times have filed for bankruptcy. What would a one – or even none - newspaper town be like? Rich Gordon, Director of Digital Technology in Education at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, talks about the possible future of Chicago’s media landscape, and its daily print papers.

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