{"id":25050,"date":"2020-04-09T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=25050"},"modified":"2020-04-09T15:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T20:41:18","slug":"robservations-chicago-magazine-pivots-cover-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/04\/09\/robservations-chicago-magazine-pivots-cover-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Chicago magazine pivots to cover pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Chicago magazine<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

When the first case of coronavirus in a downtown office building was disclosed at another company in the Prudential Building, employees of Chicago magazine <\/a>were sent home March 11 \u2014 and plans for the May issue were revised from top to bottom. The result is out this weekend with a dramatic cover on \u201cLife in the Time of COVID-19.\u201d It includes a photo essay on eerily vacant venues of events that didn\u2019t<\/em> happen and a shut-in\u2019s guide to not losing your sanity, among other timely features. \u201cWe did it all in two weeks, working from home, and using Zoom meetings and Slack to stay in touch,\u201d said Susanna Homan,<\/strong> editor-in-chief and publisher of Chicago. \u201cThe issue is something we are all so proud of because this is an important moment in history and to do anything less than address it immediately and thoroughly wouldn\u2019t have served our readers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ABC 7 Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n

Ministers from eight churches on Chicago\u2019s South Side will join together in a Good Friday service to be carried by ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a> \u201c7 Cries From Chicago: A Good Friday Worship Experience\u201d will be presented from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday on ABC 7\u2019s digital Channel 7.2 and streamed live at abc7chicago.com<\/a>. Each of the spiritual leaders will reflect on one of the last seven phrases Christ uttered from the cross. \u201cWe welcome the opportunity to bring this inspirational Good Friday service to those who are now unable to celebrate their religious traditions as they have in the past,\u201d said John Idler,<\/strong> president and general manager of ABC 7.<\/p>\n

Originating live from Holy Name Cathedral in partnership with the Archdiocese of Chicago, Nexstar Media Group news\/talk WGN 720-AM<\/a> will broadcast Holy Saturday Easter Vigil at 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Easter Mass at 9 a.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n

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AccuRadio<\/p><\/div>\n

Check out CoronavirusWatch.com,<\/a> a remarkably rich and thorough resource for information on the pandemic, produced by Chicago-based AccuRadio<\/a> and RAIN News<\/a>. (Here is the link.<\/a>) Billed as a \"one-stop access to a wide variety of the best journalism, analysis, data, videos, and other resources,\" it's updated several times daily by AccuRadio curators. It includes the latest statistics, trends and highlights of government briefings, late-night shows and other media. Kurt Hanson,<\/strong> founder and CEO of AccuRadio and publisher of RAIN News, called it \"a working prototype that we're trying our best to keep up to date.\"<\/p>\n

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Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/p><\/div>\n

For the next two weekends \"Those Were the Days\"<\/a> turns back the clock 75 years to recall radio's coverage of the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/strong> on April 12, 1945. \"The death of President Roosevelt marked the first time that radio was on hand to deliver news about the death of a president to a national audience, and it did so with a combination of eloquence and emotion, produced on remarkably short notice,\" said host and producer Steve Darnall.<\/strong> \"Very possibly, these sounds of a nation and a world in a time of uncertainty and sometimes frightening change will resonate with modern audiences.\" The old-time radio showcase airs from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays on College of DuPage's WDCB 90.9-FM<\/a>\u00a0and streams online at wdcb.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s comment of the day: <\/a>James R. Anderson:<\/strong> The employer can\u2019t unilaterally change the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. That\u2019s the law. The company and the union may yet come to a sensible agreement, but the company has to ask.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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