ChicagoNow is an online community created by Chicagoans for Chicagoans.
More than 10 million of us call ourselves Chicagoans. Some of us
live in the city proper, many of us live in the suburbs and more than a
few live a plane ride away. Our stories vary, but all of us are connected to Chicago. ChicagoNow is where we connect to each other online and share our interests.
Every day, our bloggers post more than 100 entries about all things
Chicago. One day you might read about CTA fare cuts, see photos of a
new bar in Pilsen or watch an interview with Jay Cutler. The next day
you might read about Blago's latest stunt, listen to a podcast
streaming live from Boystown or watch Miss Illinois work out.
It's our bloggers' job to lead the conversation on Chicago. We
encourage you to join the conversation by commenting on their posts.
Many of our bloggers are also on Twitter and host their own meet-ups
offline. To find out more about our bloggers, including how to contact
them directly, please see their individual about pages.
We are always looking for more bloggers to join ChicagoNow. If you have
an existing blog or an idea for a blog, we'd like to hear from you.
Please email us directly.
ChicagoNow launched in August 2009 and is owned by the Chicago Tribune
Media Group. The site is run by a team of community managers and web
developers based in downtown Chicago. You can learn more about us and
what we're up to on our staff blog.
ChicagoNow should belong to its contributors and
users. We want the community to evolve as they see fit. To foster that evolution, we impose as few rules as possible--certainly fewer
and different ones than we have on chicagotribune.com. You can read
what we expect in our blogger guidelines, community guidelines and
comments policy.
Most questions about ChicagoNow are answered in our FAQ page. If you
have a question and don't see it answered there, or you have other
feedback about the site, please email us directly. We look forward to
hearing from you and seeing you around the site.
