Chicago journalism is undergoing a dramatic restructuring that has turned the nation’s third-largest media market into a center for news experimentation.
While the city’s media have seen brutal job cuts in recent years, including a dramatic downsizing at the Chicago Tribune, a sense of rebirth and optimism prevails. Longtime observers talk about “an explosion of media” that makes it “more exciting than it’s ever been.”
The changes are attracting national attention, according to Sue Cross, CEO and executive director of the Institute for Nonprofit News. “It’s important nationally and perhaps even globally because Chicago is a petri dish for the re-invention of news media,” Cross said.
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