About Chicagoist
Since its launch in May 2004, Chicagoist has grown to become the most popular local blog in the Windy City. It is dedicated to documenting the Second City and all its quirks. Its editors have made several appearances on local radio, TV, late night programming, and on panels of local media groups. The Chicago Tribune featured Chicagoist in an article on blogs and Richard Roeper calls Chicagoist one of his "go-to sites". The Tribune also called Chicagoist "One of Chicago's best blogs. Period." Readers agreed as Chicagoist won the Reader's Choice Award from Chicago Reader for best local blog.
We're dedicated to documenting Chicago and all its quirks, one small detail at a time. If you have post ideas or tips, direct it to one of our writers.
Traffic is currently at 1,100,000 pages per month and growing.
Masthead
Editor-in-Chief:
Chuck Sudo
Senior Editor:
Jim Kopeny, Arts & Entertainment
Associate Editors:
Anthony Todd, Food & Drink
Samantha Abernethy Weekends
Editor Emeritus:
Rachelle Bowden
Gothamist LLC
Publisher: Jake Dobkin
Executive Editor: Jen Chung
Technology: Neil Epstein
Logo/Design: Sam Park
Advertising
Learn about advertising opportunities here.
Partnership Opportunities
Chicagoist hosts regular happy hours and occasional concerts with local artists. If you are interested in discussing a partnership arrangement, please contact Chuck or Jim.
Fun Facts
- Chicagoist is the second website by Gothamist LLC. The first was Gothamist.com, which covers New York City.
- Rob Christopher's post "What's the deal with CIFF?" was mentioned in the Chicago Tribune article "Film fest's founder outlasts 43 years' worth of battles" written by movie critic Michael Phillips. September 30, 2007
- Margaret Hicks appeared on "Talkin' Funny." April 3, 2007
- Timmy Watson's coverage of the opening of The Boring Store was linked to by Gridskipper. February 26, 2007
- Laura Oppenheimer's coverage of a pop-up Altoids store was linked to by Slashfood. February 12, 2007
- Kevin Robinson was interviewed on "Northwestern News Report." February 9, 2007
- Rachelle Bowden appeared on "Chicago Tonight." February 7, 2007
- Rachelle Bowden and Chicagoist were profiled in a roundup of Chicago blogs in Chicago Magazine. February 2007
- Scott Smith moderated a discussion titled "What Can Blue Do For You? The 2006 Congressional Elections & U.S. Foreign Policy." January 30, 2007
- Laura Oppenheimer was interviewed for a nationally syndicated Associated Press article on what Bears fans would be eating during Super Bowl XLI. January 30, 2007
- Rachelle Bowden and Scott Smith were guests on The Nick Digilio Show on WGN Radio 720 AM. They spoke about what happened in Chicago in 2006. December 29, 2006
- Scott Smith read his Richard Marx correspondence at Schadenfreude. December 15, 2006
- Scott Smith spoke about the CTA as a guest on Chicago Tonight. December 14, 2006
- Tankboy spoke at "Promoting and Marketing Music - Part I - DIY Marketing to the Public." October 2006
- Chicagoist's debate on Catfish Haven was featured on Spin online. September 27, 2006
- Scott Smith started a Flickr set called "Get Well Roger" where Chicagoist contributors and readers were invited to submit photo of themselves giving the "thumbs up" sign to Roger Ebert. This was linked to from all over the place, but most notably, Roger Ebert's own website. September 15, 2006
- Scott Smith guest cohosted a Filmspotting podcast on Talladega Nights. August 9th, 2006
- Rachelle Bowden moderated a panel called "From Here to Autonomy" at BlogHer 2006. Panelists were Heather Armstrong (Dooce.com) and Arieanna Foley. July 2006
- Justin Sondak participated in Schadenfreude Ren Party. June 2006
- Alicia Dorr read a piece for Music With Meaning 7's event at Sheffield's. June 8, 2006
- Scott Smith recited a piece for Music With Meaning 7's night of readings at MoJoe's. June 3, 2006
- Scott Smith guest cohosted a Filmspotting podcast on The Da Vinci Code. May 24, 2006
- Amy Hart's post "City Hall Clerk Takes Bribes" was reprinted in the commentary section of the Chicago Sun-Times called "Controversy." May 7, 2006
- "Hypertext," a Chicago Tribune blog by Steve Johnson, featured Chicagoist in an article on local blogs. April 23, 2006
- Scott Smith guest cohosted a Filmspotting podcast where he discussed Spike Lee's latest joint, Inside Man. March 29, 2006
- The Red Eye's Jason Steele chose Chicagoist as one of his favorite blogs. March 3, 2006
- Matt Wood's post "Missing NY man found in Chicago" was linked to from Fark. February 16, 2006
- The Chicago Tribune linked to Chicagoist in "In Other Words: A sampling of Opinions." February 13, 2006
- Matt Wood wrote an article called "Blogging 101 - Community Blogging" for Quixtar. Rachelle Bowden was interviewed for this piece. January 22, 2006
- "Pop Candy," a USA Today blog, told readers to stay tuned to Chicagoist for updates on Billy Corgan's plans on reforming the Smashing Pumpkins. January 19, 2006
- Richard Roeper choose Chicagoist as one of his "go-to sites." December 28, 2005
- Matt Wood talked about teens and blogs on Chicago Public Radio's "All Things Considered." December 8, 2005
- Rachelle Bowden appeared as a panelist on a "Navigating the Blogosphere" discussion at a Business Wire meeting. October 14, 2005
- Rachelle Bowden spoke on a panel called "Writing for Blogs" at an Independent Writers of Chicago meeting. October 11, 2005
- Several members of the Chicagoist staff appeared in an ABC7 segment on blogging. July 19, 2005
- Rachelle Bowden made an appearance on the Late Night Late Show. July 3, 2005
- Andrew Peerless' post on copyright and photography policies at Millennium Park was featured on BoingBoing. July 2005
- Chicagoist was linked to from a Daily Northwestern article on copyrights, photography, and Millennium Park. April 14, 2005
- Scott Smith's post "Winning The Oscar Pool In Three Easy Steps" was linked to on Slate. February 25, 2005
- Chicago Magazine featured Chicagoist in their "Short List." November, 2004
- The Gothamist network was featured in an Associated Press article about local blogs that was seen in USA Today, CNN and other papers around the country. August 17, 2004
- Chicagoist was featured in a Chicago Tribune article on blogs. July 17, 2004
- Rachelle Bowden was interviewed by Steve Edwards for an Eight Forty Eight segment on food blogs. July 14, 2004
