Windy City Times

Windy City Times

"Windy City Times" is Chicago's oldest LGBT newspaper, and the only Chicago gay publication with an independent circulation audit. "Windy City Times" is published by Windy City Media Group, which also publishes "Nightspots", a weekly 4-color glossy club and entertainment guide, and "Identity", an online magazine. WCMG also produces a twice-weekly podcast, "Windy City Queercast", and a weekly e-newsletter.

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.Barnhurst, Kevin G. (2007). "Media Q: Media/queered : Visibility and Its Discontents." Peter Lang, ISBN 9780820495330]

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, Senior News Reporter is Amy Wooten.

The "Windy City Queercast" host is Amy Matheny.

"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: 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.wctimes.com/ Windy City Times]
* [http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/ Windy City Media Group]


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