Category Archives: Chicago Newsroom past shows

Despite the host’s proposal to devote the entire half-hour to a discussion of Apple’s world-stopping acquisition of the rights to Beatles’ downloads, the guests insisted on talking about other things. Those included Terry Mazany’s appointment Ron Huberman’s emporary replacement at … Continue reading →

On this week’s show we look at the impending filing of Mayoral and Aldermanic petitions.  Also in the discussion: did Bill Brady turn out to be too conservative for Illinois, even during this national republican sweep? And why weren’t any … Continue reading →

We get a chance to look at Tuesday’s election with a two-day perspective on today’s show. At taping time the Joe Walsh/Melissa Bean race was still officially undecided, as was the Governor’s race. But Pat Quinn had what appeared to … Continue reading →

It’s our election preview show, and this week we turn to Rebecca Sanchez, political columnist for Extra Bilingual Newspaper, and  John Dempsey, morning news anchor and reporter for WLS-AM. Although there are so many state, county and national elections to … Continue reading →

This week we turn to two veteran journalists and observers of the Chicago political and business scene. Dan Miller is currently a senior policy advisor to the Heartland Institute, and has been an editor at Crain’s and the business editor … Continue reading →

This week we talk about the recent “New News 2010” report prepared by the Community Media Workshop. We also discuss the Lee Abrams/Randy Michaels controversy at the Tribune (recorded prior top Abrams’ resignation). The New News report was funded by … Continue reading →

A discussion of the week’s news with a focus on the governor’s race. Guests: Monroe Anderson, journalist and cyber-columnist Fernando Diaz, Editor, Hoy Chris Robling, political commentator, WGN-TV