(podcasting “from” the finish line of this year’s Chicago Marathon)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt hammer toe WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann get the scoop on a local newspaper’s new format and ownership, they chat about one of their favorite magazines and websites, and then they talk with the guy behind an online journalism startup.

racing bandits;
Mike “knows a guy” who runs races as a bandit

Alison True – editor, Chicago Reader;
on the venerable newspaper’s new format and owners

Davy Rothbart – point guard, FOUND Magazine;
on valuable trash, and a whirlwind yearly tour

Steve Rhodes – founder, The Beachwood Reporter;
on providing ground-level journalism in Chicago

(segue music this week from The New Pornographers)