Owen Youngman

About Owen Youngman

Professor Emeritus of Journalism and formerly Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. Formerly senior vice president/strategy and development and director of interactive media, Chicago Tribune.
In which I hang with a variety of legends at a Tribune reunion in Greektown. As at most such events, you remember some of what you want to say, but hear mostly what others want to tell you. As at few such events, you also get to observe David Axelrod's Secret Service detail.

There were giants. . .no, there are giants.

In which we are reminded what made the LA Times the LA Times, and how the LA Times made Los Angeles, and how the LA Times sometimes made me crazy. Past tense in all cases.

How America was 2-1-3’d

In which we introduce Medill's fall Interactive Innovation Project, a study of the impact of the Internet on American obituaries and an exploration of what might be next.

Not dead yet