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* Web design site, Typesites credits Gapers Block’s aesthetics, “well-crafted layout”<ref>http://typesites.com/gapers-block/</ref> and noteworthy typography. |
* Web design site, Typesites credits Gapers Block’s aesthetics, “well-crafted layout”<ref>http://typesites.com/gapers-block/</ref> and noteworthy typography. |
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* Chicago Community Trust awarded Gapers Block $35,000 in an effort to boost new sources of local news and information and “increase the amount of neighborhood-based, original local coverage ... with priority given to stories about underserved communities and issues that affect them.”<ref>http://www.knightfdn.org/news/press_room/knight_press_releases/detail.dot?id=353465</ref> |
* Chicago Community Trust awarded Gapers Block $35,000 in an effort to boost new sources of local news and information and “increase the amount of neighborhood-based, original local coverage ... with priority given to stories about underserved communities and issues that affect them.”<ref>http://www.knightfdn.org/news/press_room/knight_press_releases/detail.dot?id=353465</ref> |
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* The [[Chicago Sun-Times]] in 2009 named the Gapers Block Book Club the #2 best way to find romance in Chicago.<ref>http://www.suntimes.com/-1,romance-places-092509g.photogallery?index=2</ref> |
* The [[Chicago Sun-Times]] in 2009 named the Gapers Block Book Club the #2 best way to find romance in Chicago.<ref>http://www.suntimes.com/-1,romance-places-092509g.photogallery?index=2 {{dead link}}</ref> |
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* Gapers Block Editor and publisher, Andrew Huff was listed in Crain’s Chicago Business’s “40 Under 40”<ref>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/40under40-2009/index.html#introduction</ref> in 2009. |
* Gapers Block Editor and publisher, Andrew Huff was listed in Crain’s Chicago Business’s “40 Under 40”<ref>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/40under40-2009/index.html#introduction</ref> in 2009. |
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Revision as of 14:57, 11 January 2011
Gapers Block (Gapers Block Media, LLC) is a Chicago-centric web publication focused on covering Chicago culture under the tag line: “Slow down and check out Chicago.” The site, gapersblock.com lists local events, aggregates other Chicago blogs and news of local interest and features many topical blogs: A/C (arts and culture), Drive-Thru (food related), Transmission (local music), Mechanics (state and local politics), Tailgate (sports coverage), and Book Club (book club and literary scene coverage).
History
Conceived in 2003 by Andrew Huff and Naz Hamid, the stuck-in-traffic themed style names, such as Merge (blog, links aggregation), Slowdown (calendar event listings), and Rearview (noteworthy local photos) are inspired by the Chicago-coined term, "gapers block", a traffic jam caused by motorists slowing down to check out an on-the-road accident.
The site is written by volunteers from various backgrounds and professions.[1]
Accreditations and awards
- Web design site, Typesites credits Gapers Block’s aesthetics, “well-crafted layout”[2] and noteworthy typography.
- Chicago Community Trust awarded Gapers Block $35,000 in an effort to boost new sources of local news and information and “increase the amount of neighborhood-based, original local coverage ... with priority given to stories about underserved communities and issues that affect them.”[3]
- The Chicago Sun-Times in 2009 named the Gapers Block Book Club the #2 best way to find romance in Chicago.[4]
- Gapers Block Editor and publisher, Andrew Huff was listed in Crain’s Chicago Business’s “40 Under 40”[5] in 2009.
References
- ^ http://gapersblock.com
- ^ http://typesites.com/gapers-block/
- ^ http://www.knightfdn.org/news/press_room/knight_press_releases/detail.dot?id=353465
- ^ http://www.suntimes.com/-1,romance-places-092509g.photogallery?index=2 [dead link]
- ^ http://www.chicagobusiness.com/40under40-2009/index.html#introduction