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 we share several links to online video and audio, some of them entertaining and all of them self-referential. There's sure a lot to talk about in Chicago media, and no shortage of talkers.

You never squawk alone


In which we reflect on the evaporation of financial value from a bankrupt media company, after telling a joke whose punch line is also about evaporation.

A serious business