Chicago Magazine

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 2:29pm on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Government memo surfaces containing unsubstantiated charges against Chicago-area Innocence Project crusader David Protess

Chicago magazine reported on January 5, 2010:

"Though it is not clear who wrote the memo, the document, plucked from the files of the Cook County state's attorney's office, was apparently prepared in the aftermath of the so-called Ford Heights Four case, in which the Innocence Project helped free four men imprisoned for a double murder they did not commit. The men won a $36-million settlement from Cook County after they were pardoned and released in 1996, and the case made stars out of Protess and his students.

While purporting to describe the investigation that led to the freeing of the men, the memo includes personal allegations that Protess and his students engaged in a wide range of questionable conduct. At least one reference to possible misconduct (which Protess has denied and will not be repeated here) has nothing directly to do with the facts of the Ford Heights Four case. Protess says that other allegations—such as the suggestion that he paid $2,000 to a man who confessed to the murders—were discredited."

The full story:
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/February-2010/Anita-Alvarez-turns-up-the-heat-in-her-battle-with-Northwesterns-David-Protess-and-his-Medill-Innocence-Project/

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 3:49pm on Monday, December 14th, 2009

January 2010 Issue Of Chicago Magazine Names City's Top Doctors

"CHICAGO, December 14, 2009 -- With so many doctors to choose from in metropolitan Chicago, where should you turn in times of medical crisis?

The January issue of Chicago magazine identifies 347 of the area's best physicians in 57 different medical specialties. The list, put together in cooperation with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., is based on recommendations from other doctors and hospital administrators.

"If a crisis hits, you want to arm yourself with as much information as you can," says Richard Babcock, the editor of Chicago."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 12:06pm on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Chicagoland Publishing Company announced on August 6, 2009 that Richard Gamble has been named publisher of Chicago magazine and Chicago Home + Garden, effective immediately.

"Rich is the perfect choice to take charge of the magazine as we navigate through challenging times," said Ted Biedron, president of Chicagoland Publishing Company, who has been acting as interim publisher.

Gamble has been an executive with the magazine group since Tribune acquired Chicago in August of 2002, serving most recently as Vice-President for Operations.

The Tribune Company acquired Chicago magazine from Primedia. It has a circulation of more than 155,000.

Chicago publisher Chicagoland Publishing Company is a unit of Chicago Tribune Media Group, which is owned by the Tribune Company.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 6:03pm on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

The August 2009 issue of Chicago magazine highlights 90 people, places, and goods worthy of a superlative in the annual Best of Chicago.

If you're looking for the best tattoo artist, dog groomer, new boutique, or climbing wall, you'll find that and much more inside this year's collection of number ones.

"In researching Best of Chicago, we sampled great food, met interesting people, and explored new places," says Richard Babcock, the editor of Chicago. "We've compared the merely great, and figured out which is really the best. Sometimes it's a newcomer, and sometimes it's the classic, still performing with quiet excellence."

Chicago magazine is the largest monthly city magazine in the United States, with a circulation of over 175,000.