This month's meeting will be held at the
East Bank Club
500 N. Kingsbury
Chicago, IL 60610
5:00 P.M. Registration
5:20 P.M. Program
The Changing Face of Journalism and Why People Should Still Matter
By Rick Kogan - Chicago Tribune
While the internet and other electronic media may have captured the focus of many who are looking for news items or novel ideas, Rick Kogan still roams the sidewalks of Chicago meeting interesting people who have fascinating and/or unusual stories. For Rick, the essence of research is engaging the people he encounters in conversation. Rick will share stories about the little known but distinctive people he has interviewed while searching the city as well as tales of Chicago's famous and infamous personalities. Rick will also discuss his unique perspective of the Chicago newspaper business (Daily News, Sun-Times and Tribune), starting with his early experiences as a teenager through his associations with Mike Royko, Ann Landers and Studs Terkel.
Rick Kogan, the host of WGN's "Sunday Papers with Rick Kogan" (6:30-9 a.m. Sundays), is the son of legendary newspaperman and author Herman Kogan. He was raised in the city's Old Town neighborhood and wrote his first story for the Sun-Times at 16.
Rick worked there during the tumultuous Democratic Convention of 1968 and in various writing capacities over the next decade. He was later on the staff of Panorama, the arts and entertainment section of the Chicago Daily News and when that paper ceased publication in 1978, joined the Sun-Times. There he began a weekly column on the city's night club scene, later collected in a book, "Dr. Night Life's Chicago."
By the mid-1980s, he was on the staff of the Chicago Tribune where he was TV critic for five years and later the editor of Tempo, the paper's daily feature section. He is now a senior writer and Sidewalks columnist for the paper's Sunday magazine.
Kogan is a frequent guest on national radio and television shows and has been an on-air critic for WBBM radio and WBBM-TV; was creator/host of "The Sunday Papers" on WLUP-FM radio; co-host of the daily "Media Creatures" program on AM1000 radio; and is a featured weekly commentator on the television program "Fox Thing in the Morning." He has written eight books, including, in collaboration with his father, "Yesterday's Chicago." In 2001 he wrote, in collaboration with Tribune colleague Maurice Possley, "Everybody Pays," published by Penguin Putnam and called by television's Bill Kurtis, "The best Chicago crime story since the St. Valentine's Day Massacre." His latest book, "America's Mom: The Life, Lessons and Legacy of Ann Landers," a personal portrait of his friend and colleague, was published in the fall of 2003 by William Morrow.
Announcements/Introductions: 6:15 P.M.
Break/Informal Conversations: 6:40 P.M.
Dinner: 7:00 P.M.
After Dinner Program: 8:00 P.M.
Presentation of Awards and Introduction of 2005 Officers and Directors
Reservations
Registration fee includes dinner and programs.
Early registration must be made by NOON the Monday before the scheduled meeting:
- Members/Spouse/Guests: $40.00
- Non-members: $50.00
Late registration or at the door:
- Member/Spouses/Guests: $45.00
- Non-members: $55.00
To make a reservation: 312-201-0596
