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Escaped Notice: December 2013
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Stephen Michael Rynkiewicz,. Informing Chicago since 1977. Friday, December 20, 2013. Twisted route to Ashland BRT. Only in Chicago can it be surprising when a municipal hearing involves not only questions from the public, but answers too. There have been nothing but questions about the CTA's plan. Of long-time community activists. There were public hearings along the way, but with few signs that the public was invited. I was hoping for more back-and-forth from the stage at the CTA's Dec. 20 Ashland ...
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Escaped Notice: September 2013
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Stephen Michael Rynkiewicz,. Informing Chicago since 1977. Wednesday, September 25, 2013. Journalism's pressing issue: Just the facts. What do you think is the most important problem facing journalism in the U.S. today? The thought gives pause. Indiana University asks practitioners every decade as part of its survey "The American Journalist." How would a journalist answer today? Five years ago Yahoo! It's understandable if journalists see their issues as existential. Layoffs have been a continuing th...
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Escaped Notice: Mentors inspect, adapt Agile approach
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Stephen Michael Rynkiewicz,. Informing Chicago since 1977. Sunday, January 25, 2015. Mentors inspect, adapt Agile approach. The Agile Mentor" introduced Project Management Institute Chicagoland Chapter. Members to the idea of using work teams as an opportunity for mentoring and growth. Corporate event planner Mark J. Carter. Opened the Saturday session. He said his contacts and clients all have mentors; people who've helped them solve problems. Each team brainstormed an aviation system that could integra...
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Escaped Notice: April 2014
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Stephen Michael Rynkiewicz,. Informing Chicago since 1977. Thursday, April 24, 2014. Journalism ethics: A Chicago minority report. SPJs Chicago regional ethics conference, before the the career breakouts. Midwest journalists met in Chicago to discuss their code of ethics, and immediately got bogged down in the generalities. At the Society of Professional Journalists regional conference, I caught up on efforts to revise the SPJ ethics code. The conference produced a Chicago ethics report. By noting but no...
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Escaped Notice: June 2013
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Stephen Michael Rynkiewicz,. Informing Chicago since 1977. Tuesday, June 04, 2013. The last neighborhood school. It's a curious turn of events at Peabody. This spring I blogged about it. Which made me something of a neighborhood expert. The alderman dropped my name at a public hearing. Downtown. (Or at least he tried - it came out Steve Rysznyski.) Public radio called for an interview too, but not much came of it. So what does it mean that my neighborhood is losing its neighborhood school? Maybe not much...
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Escaped Notice: June 2015
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Stephen Michael Rynkiewicz,. Informing Chicago since 1977. Friday, June 19, 2015. Woodstripper's Ball [and Chain]. Jazz Age musician Bix Beiderbecke, patron saint of woodshedders and woodstrippers (Cliff Wirth / Chicago Sun-Times). At the Chicago Sun-Times, I talked myself into taking over the Around the House column. After coming into the office every Monday morning with remodeling stories, my boss thought I should put my research to better use. But I still giggle over Cliff Wirths illustration. The str...
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Escaped Notice: Let them tweet cake: 'Marie Antoinette' at Steppenwolf
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Stephen Michael Rynkiewicz,. Informing Chicago since 1977. Sunday, March 08, 2015. Let them tweet cake: 'Marie Antoinette' at Steppenwolf. Ericka Ratcliff, Tamberla Perry and Alana Arenas in "Marie Antoinette" (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Liberté, égalité, fraternité" is just another meme in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of " Marie Antoinette. It's mostly to seethe at how the scandals spread within her court. This diva plays out this graphic-novel role like she's born it, with little coachin...
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Escaped Notice: Jobs report: A forest of unicorns
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Stephen Michael Rynkiewicz,. Informing Chicago since 1977. Friday, March 06, 2015. Jobs report: A forest of unicorns. The Unicorn in Captivity," tapestry circa 1500 (Metropolitan Museum of Art). The economy's rebuilding, but without a blueprint. Today's drop in unemployment. Comes with unexpected growth in payrolls: 295,000 last month, 239,000 in January and 329,000 in December. But that hasn't given much relief to underemployed or longtime jobless workers. Hiring managers now talk about hunting unicorns.
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