We've just heard that StreetWise, the venerated Chicago publication that provides jobs for many of the city's homeless people, may be going under. The publication, which has been around in Chicago for the past 17 years, depends on an unusual mixture of advertising, grants and vendor fees to support itself. We talked to the magazine's executive director Bruce Crane who said his magazine has been hit in every single revenue stream. "We're receiving lovely letters from organizations that usually fund us," he said. "All of them say 'due to the changes in the financial market...'" more ›

You may have noticed we're pretty excited about the start of baseball season. And part of baseball season that we love is our yearly fantasy league. Earlier this spring, the Trib's Kevin Pang invited me to represent Chicagoist in a league made up of members of Chicago's media. How could we turn down the chance to put our money where our mouth is, not mention show the media world how terrible unlucky we are when picking players that never pan out get injured? And thus, The Fourth Mistake was formed. more ›