Gerould Kern

Chicago Tribune Got Readers Reactions To Stories Before Publication, Newsroom Protests

AP | HERBERT G. McCANN | Posted 05.31.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — The Chicago Tribune in recent weeks solicited subscribers' opinions on stories before they were published, a practice the paper's own ...

Chicago Tribune Editor Says Redesign 'A Success'

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.12.2009 | Chicago


Chicago Tribune editor Gerould Kern circulated a staff memo repudiating critics of the paper's redesign-- and subsequent insert on the changes it mad...

Chicago Tribune Cuts 11 Newsroom Jobs, Both New York Correspondents

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago


The Chicago Tribune, responding to industrywide revenue declines, is reducing the size of its newsroom by 11 staff members this week. Included among ...

Pulitzer-Winner Crewdson Heads List Of Tribune Lay Offs

Chicago Reader | Michael Miner | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago


On Wednesday the Tribune's editor, Gerould Kern, and associate managing editor for national news Joycelyn Winnecke dropped in on the Washington bureau...

The New Chicago Tribune: Less News, More Pictures

Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago


The Chicago Tribune released a prototype of its new look Monday. The slimmed-down paper is condensed into three sections and emphasizes flashy graphic...

Chicago Tribune Newsroom Management Shakeup

Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago


The Chicago Tribune promoted Jane Hirt, the editor of its free daily tabloid Red Eye, to managing editor Thursday as part of an overhaul of the paper'...

Chicago Tribune Cuts Hit Journalists Of Color

Journal-Isms | Posted 09.18.2008 | Chicago


The Chicago Tribune laid off 40 newsroom employees Friday, a disproportionate number of whom were journalists of color, according to Trib employees in...

Chicago Tribune Lays Off 40

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago


The Chicago Tribune shed more than 40 newsroom employees today, which, coupled with last week's voluntary exit of more than 30 journalists, means the ...