Chicago Media Talks Rivet360

Delivering local news with a twist, he finds a lot to sing about Cochran joins Rivet 360's Sheila Solomon to talk about what it's like hosting a one-of-a-kind daily news podcast in his hometown. Listeners hear a guy from the southside of Chicago interviewing people and talking about what he understands and doesn't understand, what's exciting and what's confusing about the news. He's curious, enjoys learning about communities and subjects new to him and almost always leaves the audience with with some good news

Fifty years of reporting in The Chicago Reporter's brought changes to housing, policing and poverty in Chicago, considered one of the most segregated cities in the country. But recently, it seemed on the verge of folding.   Join us for a discussion with Glenn Reedus, long-time journalist, and the Chicago Reporter’s interim editor and publisher.   The Chicago Reporter, https://www.chicagoreporter.com/  

Peter Adams joins Rivet360’s Sheila Solomon to talk about his work with the education nonprofit, the News Literacy Project, teaching media literacy to students and educators in Chicago Public Schools and throughout the world.    Get the latest on future shows: https://twitter.com/TalksChicago Rivet: https://www.rivet360.com/

She’s worked for Chicago’s biggest newspapers and he’s worked for Chicago’s most successful radio stations. And now … they do email. Joining Charlie Meyerson for this edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks: Axios Chicago newsletter authors Justin Kaufmann and Monica Eng.

Chef, journalist, adventurer and Chicago Tribune critic Louisa Chu takes us from her time as a 4-year-old worker at her family’s Chicago restaurant through her stint as a judge on Food Network’s Iron Chef America to what she’s working on next. Her most enduring memory through the pandemic: “Crying so much … over so many meals.”

Meet a couple of media figures whose work is increasingly shaping Chicago’s news and political landscape: A.D. Quig, a rising Chicago Tribune reporter who sees local government facing “a time of big change”; and Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide author Stephanie Skora—someone unafraid to call a candidate, in her words, “a slimy f***face—because there’s no reason not to.”