Todd Andrlik is vice president of marketing and PR at one of the nation’s largest commercial construction firms. His own blog (toddand.com) has received numerous awards and recognitions, including Chicago Tribune's designation as one of the area's best blogs. Todd created Advertising Age’s Power 150 (adage.com/power150), a ranking of the top English-language marketing blogs. His social media and marketing work has been featured in numerous online and traditional media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Seth Godin’s Meatball Sundae (Portfolio, 2008), and the forthcoming college textbook Practice of Public Relations (Prentice-Hall, 2009).

Blog Entries by Todd Andrlik

Dewey Defeats Truman: The Rarely Told Story of Chicago Tribune's Most Famous Issue

Posted August 16, 2008 | 03:48 PM (EST)


Just beyond the security desk at the Tribune Tower is a hallway of historic newspapers with famous headlines reading "NIXON RESIGNS," "MOON WALK COMPLETED," and "EUROPE'S WAR IS ON!"

What's missing is Chicago Tribune's most famous newspaper and headline ever printed -- the November 3, 1948 "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"...

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Chicago Tribune's Social Media Evolution

Posted August 14, 2008 | 07:31 AM (EST)


Last March, the Chicago Tribune assembled a four-person social media task force to help modernize the stodgy media giant by integrating the bright and shiny social media world of Facebook, Digg, YouTube, Flickr and Twitter. Before joining these networks, the group needed a face -...

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