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The Beachwood Reporter
''The Beachwood Reporter'' is a web publication based in Chicago, Illinois, United States that focuses on cultural criticism and critiques of Chicago's news outlets. It was launched on February 27, 2006. The publication shared the Society of Professional Journalists 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Award for online investigative reporting by an independent media outlet. ''The Beachwood Reporter's'' most regularly updated feature is "The Papers," a column updated five days a week in which founder and editor Steve Rhodes comments on the coverage in local media outlets, especially the ''Chicago Tribune'' (one of Rhodes' former employers) and the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. It currently dominates the site's main page. On Saturdays, "The Weekend Desk Report," a humorous roundup of the week's news, runs on the main page. The site's other sections are: music, television, politics, sports, books, and people, places and things. So far, the site has avoided traditional reporting and straight-up reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Rhodes (Chicago)
Steve Rhodes is a Chicago journalist and the founder and editor of The Beachwood Reporter, a Chicago-centric webzine that launched in February 2006. Before starting the ''Reporter'', Rhodes was a reporter for ''Chicago (magazine), Chicago'' magazine and wrote "Press Box", a media column on the magazine's Web site. Before that, he worked for ''Newsweek'' and the ''Chicago Tribune''. Rhodes's duties include shaping and editing the site's content, as well as writing "The Papers", a media-criticism column that runs weekdays on the site's main page. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |