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How to join ChicagoNow

Hey everybody, glad you’re here and thanks for your interest in blogging on ChicagoNow. If you don’t need any more information and want to send in your pitch right now, our official pitch form is right here. But if you want to learn a bit more about ChicagoNow and how we work please take a... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
January 23, 2012 at 1:45 pm
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ChicagoNow 2.0 live chat - Thursday, July 7 at 2 p.m.

Hey everybody, We’re a week into our new site and bloggers Exavier Pope and Christine Whitley suggested we hold another live chat, which was a fine idea. Open to bloggers and readers alike, click here for the live chat... Read more »
By ChicagoNow Staff,
July 6, 2011 at 1:50 pm
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Welcome to ChicagoNow 2.0

Two years ago, we launched this experiment with a handful of blogs not knowing quite what to expect or what the response would be. In that time, we’ve had nearly 100,000 posts from our bloggers read tens of millions of times and our readers have written a half million comments. As of today we’ve got... Read more »
By ChicagoNow Staff,
June 29, 2011 at 5:20 pm
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Coming June 30 to ChicagoNow: A brand new ChicagoNow

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Greetings, and welcome to the last moments of ChicagoNow 1.0. In a few hours we’re going to be unveiling a completely new site, for our readers and for our bloggers. From approximately 9 p.m. tonight until 11 a.m. Thursday morning the old version will remain viewable and online with one notable exception: Commenting will be... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
June 29, 2011 at 4:41 pm
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ChicagoNow Tweet-up at Casey Moran's - Thursday, Jan. 27

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Learned something very important at last night’s Tweet-up: If I’m going to handle photographer duties I’ll have to, you know, take photos. The upside is I spent a lot more time talking to all the ChicagoNow bloggers and readers who came out, the downside is far fewer photos to share with you. Great to see... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
January 28, 2011 at 9:21 am
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ChicagoNow Holiday Party 2010

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A wonderful time was had by all at Funk Groove Bar, and I just want to thank everybody for passing up the opportunity to use the two stripper poles. Thanks to John Morrison (aka @localcelebrity) for the great photos, be sure not to miss Clark Bender’s photobomb in No. 28. A classic... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
December 15, 2010 at 12:42 am
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ChicagoNow Tweet-up at SUB 51 - Tuesday, Nov. 9

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It’s the morning after our latest Tweet-up and three things are clear: SUB 51 is a kick-ass venue with phenomenal chicken tacos, John Morrison is a masterful photographer and ChicagoNow’s bloggers like to party. Thanks to John for these photos, to SUB 51′s wonderful staff and to everyone who came last night for another terrific... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
November 10, 2010 at 12:22 pm
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Why we removed 2 Arresting Tales posts

We have removed two posts by Joe the Cop about a recent shooting on the Red Line because we felt they didn’t meet our blogger guidelines. Joe’s blog, Arresting Tales, has been with us from the start and has provided insight into the life of a law enforcement officer. As we say in our community... Read more »
By bill80,
September 23, 2010 at 6:05 pm
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Introducing the redesigned ChicagoNow

Tonight we unveiled a new design for ChicagoNow. Our redesign had two goals: 1. Make it easier to find what you’re looking for. 2. Show the hot topics around Chicago. Since ChicagoNow launched last summer, one of our biggest challenges has been navigation. It is hard to surface all of the great content that is... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
August 29, 2010 at 3:34 pm
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ChicagoNow Celebrates Its First Birthday

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One year ago today, we flipped the switch and held our breath. Would it work? The answer is a resounding yes. At launch, ChicagoNow was home to 70 fantastic blogs. Our goal, as we wrote in our staff post,  was to create an authentic, online town square. A place where Chicagoans could talk about the... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
August 11, 2010 at 3:29 pm
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