Good bye to an institution [link from There has been some recent talk about the Tribune closing down Chicago's City News Bureau, which is a great loss for Chicago. This 100-year-old institution has long been seen as a training ground for journalists and a foundation of news gathering in the city. It is a key information source, and some critics are charging the Tribune with shirking its civic responsibility of news gathering. From the Encyclopedia of Chicago: A no-nonsense boot camp for beginners, City News turned out hundreds of alums, notably journalists Mike Royko, Seymour Hersh, Clayton Kirkpatrick, Carole Simpson, Herman Kogan, Jack Mabley, Anne Keegan, novelist Kurt Vonnegut, actor Melvyn Douglas, sculptor Claes Oldenburg, and author Charles MacArthur...
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