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Launched in the summer of 2011, Eye On Chi is a Chicago media blog, maintained very sporadically (like, every few years), by Chicago historian Jack Silverstein.

Thank you to the below writers who launched this in 2011:

The Eye On Chi launch team

Lawrence Atkins (@LAstof09)
Christopher Cason (@C4DUNK)
Dorothy Claybourne (@dotclaybourne)
Xack Gibson (@bagfrydesign)
Jen Healy (@henjealy)
Katie Kendall (@itskatiekendall)
Daniel Schell (@thedanielschell)

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