Retrospectives


(Chicago Tribune house organ, June 1997) Over the last 150 years – as we’ve been hearing for at least the last 150 days – the Chicago Tribune has been able to maintain a remarkable duality of character.  Without betraying the importance of our stability and reliability to its audience, community, […]

Looking forward while looking back


(Written for the Chicago Tribune’s house organ as the date of the newspaper’s 150th anniversary approached on June 10, 1997.) Over the last 150 years–as we’ve been hearing for at least the last 150 days–the Chicago Tribune has been able to maintain a remarkable duality of character.  Without betraying the […]

Birthdays can be about the future, too