Windy City Times
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Windy City Times is Chicago's oldest LGBT newspaper, and the only Chicago gay publication with an independent circulation audit current as of 2008.
Windy City Times is published weekly by Windy City Media Group, which also publishes Nightspots, a bi-weekly 4-color glossy club and entertainment guide, and Identity, a monthly online magazine. WCMG also produces a twice-weekly podcast, Windy City Queercast, online videos and a weekly e-newsletter.[citation needed]
[edit] History
Windy City Times was co-founded in 1985 by four people; only one is still associated with the publication. Jeff McCourt, Bob Bearden, Drew Badanish and Tracy Baim were the four original founders.[1]
In 1987, Baim left WCT to found Outlines newspaper. WCT and Outlines were the two primary gay newspapers in the region for more than a dozen years. In 2000, Baim purchased WCT back from McCourt and merged her Outlines newspaper into Windy City Times. Baim is Publisher and Executive Editor of Windy City Media Group. Andrew Davis is Managing Editor, Kirk Williamson is Art Director, Terri Klinsky is Assistant Publisher and Cynthia Holmes is Business Manager. Long-time writers include Rex Wockner, Yvonne Zipter, Bob Roehr, Richard Knight Jr., Jonathan Abarbanel. Director of New Media is Jean Albright.
Windy City Times is a member of the National Gay Newspaper Guild, and has received numerous honors for its work, both from journalism organizations and from the community. Awards include from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the Peter Lisagor Awards, and the Studs Terkel Award for Baim. Among groups honoring WCMG and Baim: Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame; ACLU of Illinois; Human Rights Campaign; NOW; March on Washington Chicago Committee; Dignity/Chicago; Affinity; Greater Chicago Committee; Association of Latin Men in Action; and more.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Barnhurst, Kevin G. (2007). Media Q: Media/queered : Visibility and Its Discontents. Peter Lang, ISBN 9780820495330
