Out and about
Your interest in these features--some that I wrote(*), others in which I appear--may itself be the next miracle

How we all got digital*
--Written for the chicago.tribune.com 10th anniversary, March 14, 2006.

I discover my 'voice'*
--Ashtabula Star-Beacon, April 28, 2005. The checkered career gets under way; part of a Star-Beacon series from ex-staffers.

The bloggers' dilemma*
--Chicago Tribune op-ed, Nov. 5, 2004. Some Wednesday-morning quarterbacking in a Thursday paper.

This way to the future
--from The Medill Magazine, Spring 2004; this is a PDF document. Why did they ask me about 2021?

Do we really fear our online shadows?
--from The Medill School of Journalism Web site, October 2003.

Reflections on Web measurement*
--Written at the request of our research department for an industry publication whose name I don't recall, October 2002.

In between*
--A change of pace and topic, from the Libertyville Covenant Church newsletter, March 2002.

Bylines and biases
--from "The Covenant Companion," October 2001; another PDF

Roadside Remembrances*
--from "Pietisten," Summer 2000

'Dewey Defeats Truman' still making headlines
--January, 2000

How Gene Siskel became the Tribune critic*
--February, 1999

Who makes the choice?*
--From the Libertyville Covenant newsletter, September 1998.

Crain's visits chicago.tribune.com
--Feb. 9, 1998

PBS NewsHour visits chicago.tribune.com
--November 28, 1997

API founds a New Media Center
--October, 1997

From Hong Kong to Hershey*
Or, I Liked the Thick Chocolate Shake
More than the Thick Soup of Snake
--from "Pietisten," Summer 1997

AJR visits chicago.tribune.com
--December, 1996

Mark Willes spells out his vision*
--from "The American Editor," May, 1998

Fearless (sort of) crystal-ball gazing*
--"Technology and the Business Environment": Tribune Editorial Dept. Seminar, October, 1994

A farewell to farms (well, sort of)*
--March, 1988

*written by ORY