''The Beachwood Reporter'' is a web publication based in

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, 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

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2008

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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 The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...

'' (one of Rhodes' former employers) and the ''

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''. 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 in favor of quirky but a\serious angles. Early in its run, the ''Reporter'' attracted attention from media professionals in Chicago and beyond. ''Chicago Tribune'' blogger/columnists Steve Johnson and Eric Zorn, ''

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'' media critic Michael Miner and ''Reader'' blogger Harold Henderson have all name-checked the site, and media

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ger Jim Romenesko linked to it from his

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media news page. Before starting the ''Reporter'', Rhodes was a reporter for ''

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'' magazine and wrote "Press Box," a media column on the magazine's web site. Before that, he worked for ''

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'' and the ''Chicago Tribune''.

References

External links

Official website
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