Now that the transition of the Chicago Reader to nonprofit ownership has been finalized under the Reader Institute for Community Journalism, there s a change in editorial leadership at the 50-year-old alternative publication.
Like Isthmus, the Chicago Reader one of the nation’s oldest alt-weeklies decided to transition to a nonprofit. But a dispute over content almost derailed the whole thing.
The Chicago Reader will become a nonprofit organization after co-owner Len Goodman announced he would sign off and step down this past Wednesday. This comes after the Chicago Reader Union started mobilizing to transition into nonprofit status on April 14. They held one rally at Goodman’s residence on April 21. The union found out about.
This week - lessons from UX accessibility keep us on our toes. Microsoft and Google buck the tech earnings blues - thanks to cloud. The metaverse gets an enterprise review, and NoOps wins buzzword bingo. As always, your whiffs.
UX accessibility is no longer a nice to have. But if you put this solely on your developers, it's not going to work out. Karen Hawkins of eSSENTIAL Accessibility explains how to take digital accessibility further; I reflect on diginomica's UX lessons as well.