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{{Short description|LGBT newspaper in Chicago, Illinois}}
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| logo =
| logo =
| image = [[File:Windy City Times Feb6-2013.png|200px|Cover of the February 6, 2013 issue of Windy City Times]]
| image = Windy City Times Feb6-2013.png
| caption = Cover of the February 6, 2013 issue
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Cover of the February 6, 2013 issue
| type = Weekly
| type = [[Weekly newspaper]]
| format =
| format =
| owners =
| owners =
| founder = Drew Badanish<br/>Tracy Baim<br/>Bob Bearden<br/>Jeff McCourt
| founder = Drew Badanish<br/>Tracy Baim<br/>Bob Bearden<br/>Jeff McCourt
| publisher = Tracy Baim<br/>Terri Klinsky <small>(assistant publisher)</small>
| publisher = Terri Klinsky
| editor = Tracy Baim
| editor = Tracy Baim
| chiefeditor =
| chiefeditor = Andrew Davis<br/><small>(executive editor)</small>
| assoceditor =
| assoceditor =
| maneditor = Andrew Davis
| maneditor = Matt Simonette
| newseditor =
| newseditor =
| managingeditordesign = Kirk Williamson<br/><small>(art director)</small>
| managingeditordesign = Kirk Williamson<br/><small>(art director)</small>
| staff = Jonathan Abarbanel<br/>Richard Knight, Jr.<br/>Bob Roehr<br/>[[Rex Wockner]]<br/>Yvonne Zipter
| staff = Jonathan Abarbanel<br/>Richard Knight Jr.<br/>Bob Roehr<br/>[[Rex Wockner]]<br/>Yvonne Zipter
| foundation = 1985
| foundation = 1985
| political =
| political =
| language = English
| language = English
| ceased publication =
| ceased publication =
| relaunched =
| relaunched =
| headquarters = 5315 N. Clark St. #192, [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| headquarters = 5315 N. Clark St. #192, [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| circulation =
| circulation =
| sister newspapers = ''Nightspots''
| sister newspapers = ''Nightspots''
| ISSN = 1049-698X
| ISSN = 1049-698X
| oclc = 20341561
| oclc = 20341561
| publishing_city = [[Chicago, IL]]
| website = {{URL|http://windycitytimes.com/}}
| website = {{URL|http://windycitytimes.com/}}
}}
}}
'''''Windy City Times''''' is an [[LGBT newspaper]] in [[Chicago]] that published its first issue on September 26, 1985.<ref>{{citation |title=Windy City Times (Chicago, Il) 1985-Current|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn90004505/|access-date=15 Oct 2020|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref>
'''''Windy City Times''''' is an [[LGBT]] newspaper in [[Chicago]].


==History==
==History==
''Windy City Times'' was founded in 1985 by Jeff McCourt, Bob Bearden, Drew Badanish and [[Tracy Baim]],<ref name="barnhurst2007">{{cite book |title=Media Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents |last=Barnhurst |first=Kevin G. |year=2007 |publisher=[[Peter Lang (publishing company)|Peter Lang]] |location=[[New York City|New York]] |isbn=978-0-8204-9533-0 |oclc=77116827}}</ref> who started Sentury Publications to publish the paper.1987, Baim left Sentury Publications to found a new newspaper called ''Outlines''. ''WCT'' and ''Outlines'' were the two primary LGBT newspapers in the region for more than 12 years. In 2000, Baim purchased ''WCT'' back from McCourt, and merged ''Outlines'' with ''Windy City Times''. Baim is now 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 Ripley Caine 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. McCourt died in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Journalist who helped start Windy City Times is dead {{!}} Advocate.com|url = http://www.advocate.com/news/2007/05/11/journalist-who-helped-start-windy-city-times-dead|website = www.advocate.com|date = 2015-11-17|access-date = 2016-01-28}}</ref>
''Windy City Times'' was founded in 1985 by Jeff McCourt, Bob Bearden, Drew Badanish and [[Tracy Baim]], who started Sentury Publications to publish the paper.<ref name="barnhurst2007">{{cite book |title=Media Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents |last=Barnhurst |first=Kevin G. |year=2007 |publisher=[[Peter Lang (publishing company)|Peter Lang]] |location=[[New York City]] |isbn=978-0-8204-9533-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSKsujbaGG4C&q=windy+city+times| pages=143–147}}</ref> In 1987, Baim left Sentury Publications to found a new newspaper called ''Outlines''. ''WCT'' and ''Outlines'' were the two primary LGBT newspapers in the region for more than 12 years. In 2000, Baim purchased ''Windy City Times'' from McCourt, and merged the two publications.


In 2018, Baim became publisher of the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' and remains as owner of Windy City Media Group.
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''Windy City Times'' is published weekly by Windy City Media Group, which also publishes ''Nightspots''&mdash;a biweekly, four-color, glossy entertainment guide&mdash;and ''Identity'', a monthly online magazine. WCMG also produces a twice-weekly podcast, ''Windy City Queercast'', online videos, and a weekly e-newsletter.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}


Terri Klinsky is now publisher, Andrew Davis is executive editor, Matt Simonette is managing editor, Kirk Williamson is art director and Ripley Caine is business manager. Long-time writers include [[Rex Wockner]], Yvonne Zipter, Bob Roehr, Richard Knight Jr., Jonathan Abarbanel. Jean Albright is Director of New Media and Circulation.
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''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 LGBT 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: [[Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame]]; [[ACLU]] of Illinois; [[Human Rights Campaign]]; [[National Organization for Women|NOW]]; [[March on Washington]] Chicago Committee; Dignity/Chicago; Affinity; Greater Chicago Committee; Association of Latin Men in Action; and more.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}


McCourt died in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Journalist who helped start Windy City Times is dead |newspaper=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2007/05/11/journalist-who-helped-start-windy-city-times-dead |date=May 11, 2007 |access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>
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In 2017, journalist Gretchen Rachel Hammond was removed from her job after she published a story about three LGBT women who were expelled dorm a Gay Pride march for carrying a rainbow flag featuring a [[Jewish Star]].<ref name="JournalistRemoved">{{cite news|title=Journalist who broke Chicago Dyke March story removed from reporting duties|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/reporter-who-broke-chicago-dyke-march-story-removed-from-reporting-duties/|accessdate=13 July 2017|agency=JTA|publisher=Times of Israel|date=11 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="HemingwayThoughtPolice">{{cite news|last1=Hemingway|first1=Mark|title=Being Gay Won't Save You from the LGBT Thought Police|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/being-gay-wont-save-you-from-the-lgbt-thought-police/article/2008802|accessdate=13 July 2017|publisher=Weekly Standard|date=13 July 2017}}</ref> Shortly after, she was hired as a reporter for [[Tablet magazine]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Newhouse|first1=Alana|title=Welcoming Gretchen Hammond to Tablet|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/242792/welcoming-gretchen-hammond-to-tablet|website=Tablet|publisher=tabletmag.org|accessdate=12 February 2018|date=8 August 2017}}</ref>

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In 2017, journalist Gretchen Rachel Hammond was removed from her job after she published a story about three LGBT women who were expelled from a Gay Pride march for carrying a rainbow flag featuring a [[Jewish Star]].<ref name="JournalistRemoved">{{cite news |date=11 July 2017 |title=Journalist who broke Chicago Dyke March story removed from reporting duties |newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]] |agency=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/reporter-who-broke-chicago-dyke-march-story-removed-from-reporting-duties/ |access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Hemingway">{{cite news |last1=Hemingway |first1=Mark |date=13 July 2017 |title=Being Gay Won't Save You from the LGBT Thought Police |journal=[[The Weekly Standard]] |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/being-gay-wont-save-you-from-the-lgbt-thought-police/article/2008802 |access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref> Shortly after, she was hired as a reporter for [[Tablet (magazine)|''Tablet'']].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Newhouse |first1=Alana |date=8 August 2017 |title=Welcoming Gretchen Hammond to ''Tablet'' |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/242792/welcoming-gretchen-hammond-to-tablet |journal=Tablet |access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref>

Windy City Media Group announced on September 9, 2020 that, as of September 30, the biweekly print version would cease. News and feature coverage continue digitally at www.windycitymediagroup.com.<ref>{{cite news|title=Windy City Times moves to Digital Only|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Windy-City-Times-moves-to-digital-only/69185.html|access-date=14 Oct 2020|date=9 Sep 2020|newspaper=Windy City Times}}</ref>

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The site has archived 70,000 articles from ''Windy City Times'' and other previous products including ''Nightspots''&mdash;a biweekly, four-color, glossy entertainment guide&mdash;and ''Identity'', a monthly online magazine. WCMG has also produced a twice-weekly podcast, ''Windy City Queercast'', online videos, and a weekly e-newsletter.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} All products are now archived at windycitytimes.com.

==Awards==
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''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 LGBT 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 are [[Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame]]; [[ACLU]] of Illinois; [[Human Rights Campaign]]; [[National Organization for Women|NOW]]; [[March on Washington]] Chicago Committee; Dignity/Chicago; Affinity; Greater Chicago Committee; and Association of Latin Men in Action.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}

In 2021, the newspaper won the Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media at the [[32nd GLAAD Media Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 8, 2021|title=Disclosure, Schitt's Creek, Sam Smith, Happiest Season, I May Destroy You, CHIKA, Veneno, Star Trek: Discovery, The Boys in the Band, The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo among award recipients at the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/32-glaad-media-awards-winners|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=[[GLAAD]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409151631/https://www.glaad.org/blog/32-glaad-media-awards-winners|archive-date=April 9, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>


==References==
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*[https://twitter.com/WindyCityTimes Windy City Times Twitter]

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Revision as of 01:05, 8 May 2024

Windy City Times
Cover of the February 6, 2013 issue
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)Drew Badanish
Tracy Baim
Bob Bearden
Jeff McCourt
PublisherTerri Klinsky
Editor-in-chiefAndrew Davis
(executive editor)
EditorTracy Baim
Managing editorMatt Simonette
Managing editor, designKirk Williamson
(art director)
Staff writersJonathan Abarbanel
Richard Knight Jr.
Bob Roehr
Rex Wockner
Yvonne Zipter
Founded1985
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, Illinois
CityChicago, IL
Sister newspapersNightspots
ISSN1049-698X
OCLC number20341561
Websitewindycitytimes.com

Windy City Times is an LGBT newspaper in Chicago that published its first issue on September 26, 1985.[1]

History

Windy City Times was founded in 1985 by Jeff McCourt, Bob Bearden, Drew Badanish and Tracy Baim, who started Sentury Publications to publish the paper.[2] In 1987, Baim left Sentury Publications to found a new newspaper called Outlines. WCT and Outlines were the two primary LGBT newspapers in the region for more than 12 years. In 2000, Baim purchased Windy City Times from McCourt, and merged the two publications.

In 2018, Baim became publisher of the Chicago Reader and remains as owner of Windy City Media Group.

Terri Klinsky is now publisher, Andrew Davis is executive editor, Matt Simonette is managing editor, Kirk Williamson is art director and Ripley Caine is business manager. Long-time writers include Rex Wockner, Yvonne Zipter, Bob Roehr, Richard Knight Jr., Jonathan Abarbanel. Jean Albright is Director of New Media and Circulation.

McCourt died in 2007.[3]

In 2017, journalist Gretchen Rachel Hammond was removed from her job after she published a story about three LGBT women who were expelled from a Gay Pride march for carrying a rainbow flag featuring a Jewish Star.[4][5] Shortly after, she was hired as a reporter for Tablet.[6]

Windy City Media Group announced on September 9, 2020 that, as of September 30, the biweekly print version would cease. News and feature coverage continue digitally at www.windycitymediagroup.com.[7]

The site has archived 70,000 articles from Windy City Times and other previous products including Nightspots—a biweekly, four-color, glossy entertainment guide—and Identity, a monthly online magazine. WCMG has also produced a twice-weekly podcast, Windy City Queercast, online videos, and a weekly e-newsletter.[citation needed] All products are now archived at windycitytimes.com.

Awards

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 LGBT 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 are Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame; ACLU of Illinois; Human Rights Campaign; NOW; March on Washington Chicago Committee; Dignity/Chicago; Affinity; Greater Chicago Committee; and Association of Latin Men in Action.[citation needed]

In 2021, the newspaper won the Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media at the 32nd GLAAD Media Awards.[8]

References

  1. ^ Windy City Times (Chicago, Il) 1985-Current, Library of Congress, retrieved October 15, 2020
  2. ^ Barnhurst, Kevin G. (2007). Media Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents. New York City: Peter Lang. pp. 143–147. ISBN 978-0-8204-9533-0.
  3. ^ "Journalist who helped start Windy City Times is dead". The Advocate. May 11, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Journalist who broke Chicago Dyke March story removed from reporting duties". The Times of Israel. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  5. ^ Hemingway, Mark (July 13, 2017). "Being Gay Won't Save You from the LGBT Thought Police". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  6. ^ Newhouse, Alana (August 8, 2017). "Welcoming Gretchen Hammond to Tablet". Tablet. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "Windy City Times moves to Digital Only". Windy City Times. September 9, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "Disclosure, Schitt's Creek, Sam Smith, Happiest Season, I May Destroy You, CHIKA, Veneno, Star Trek: Discovery, The Boys in the Band, The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo among award recipients at the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. April 8, 2021. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
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