Ariel Cheung

Editorial director at @city_bureau. @aaja_chicago board. she/her. Certified cat lady & @chicagosky fan girly. l’m on bluesky now @missprint.bsky.social.

[Ariel Cheung @arielfab]

Excited to be starting as editorial director at @city_bureau this week. I am so grateful for my time at @chicagotribune and @chitribfood, and the folks there are still doing great work. It was simply time for a change and a new challenge.

[Daniel Kay Hertz @DanielKayHertz]

This is also a moment to update your mental economic map of the city: Logan Square has basically an identical median household income now as Lakeview

[Ariel Cheung @arielfab]

I know this is totally anecdotal, but has anyone else in Chicago noticed a huge uptick in parking enforcement since roughly December? I swear I see ticketers on my Bridgeport block weekly now after almost never seeing them for seven years prior.

[Ariel Cheung @arielfab]

REALLY excited about this project. We're teaming up with Documenters sites across the country — Detroit! Newark! Seattle and Washington! — to illustrate how federal cuts are affecting your local communities.

Share what you're seeing here: https://t.co/idcj0Lt0ns

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

🗣️ ANNOUNCING: The Documenters Network Editorial Project! Our #DocumentersNetwork is investigating how federal budget shifts are affecting communities in cities across the United States. https://t.co/IYW61yzTnZ

[Max Resnik @MaxResnik]

Collaborative journalism is impactful journalism! Documenters and newsroom partners are looking into how federal budget shifts impact life in cities and counties across the US.

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

TOMORROW || We're partnering with Illinois Network for PreTrial Justice to document Cook County’s adherence to the 2023 SAFE-T Act’s Pretrial Fairness Act. Join us for a workshop on Documenting Detention Hearings: https://t.co/2NsbYV6THF

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

He’s already gained more yards than the Patriots.

[Ariel Cheung @arielfab]

@_CharlesPreston (Election results — not comparing them with NYC haha)

[Ariel Cheung @arielfab]

@_CharlesPreston I agree on caution, but what about Cincinnati, New Jersey, Virginia …

[⭐️ SDG ⭐️AKA Muse of Chicago Trib Editorial Board @stacydavisgates]

This train is always on time.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

AOC when asked on CNN about Schumer not endorsing Mamdani:

"The Democratic Party cannot last much longer by denying the future, by trying to undercut our young, by trying to undercut a next generation of diverse and upcoming Democrats that the actual electorate and voters support."

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

What happened to Charlie Kirk is unconscionable, but it was literally a few months ago that two Democratic state legislators were gunned down by a right wing activist. Let’s not pretend this is one-sided

[thotnsoursoup @nonstopbutterc1]

@AlexNitkin This is actually dumb. Lizzie Kane has been holding the fire to the feet of the Housing Authority, and her reporting has actually resulted in the first positive change in that agency in 20 years. It's also super engrossing and the only reason i click a Tribune link anymore.

[Alex Nitkin @AlexNitkin]

WE JUST CUT OUR HOUSING REPORTER BECAUSE HOUSING IS NOT AN ISSUE ANYONE CARES ABOUT IN CHICAGO WE ARE VERY SMART AND GOOD AT BUSINESS

[Jack M Silverstein 🇺🇸 @readjack]

The Tribune laid Sean off before he even covered a season. Employed him as a Bears reporter from March to July. This business is just brutal. Wishing him and the rest of the laid off Trib staff a new job, and soon!

[Ariel Cheung @arielfab]

An absolutely phenomenal journalist.

[Chicago Tribune Guild @CTGuild]

.@lizzie_kane17, our tiger of a housing beat reporter who led a major workplace culture investigation into Guaranteed Rate, has landed one scoop after another, including several just this month, on the Chicago Housing Authority and HUD.

[Chicago Tribune Guild @CTGuild]

Today, @chicagotribune laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.

[ahmed ali akbar @radbrowndads]

I was laid off today by the Chicago Tribune as were several talented colleagues. I was able to report several dream stories during my year or so there, but partially, I had that freedom because “leadership” is completely absentee unless it affects their bottom line.

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

🚨 Applications for our Fall Civic Reporting Fellowship are open! Report on a big-picture issue affecting Chicago's South and West Sides in a collaborative learning environment.
✍️ Apply by July 21
📆 16-week fellowship
💰 $6,000 stipend
Learn more: https://t.co/nQxmZhDqZO

[Quinn Myers @rquinnmyers]

Amid shouting and outrage from the public gallery and some alderpeople, the City Council recesses until Monday. No votes were taken on anything today, including routine business. @BlockClubCHI

[Chicago Documenters @CHIdocumenters]

‼️Good morning! In light of today's budget vote being cancelled, #ChiBudgetBingo🤑 is POSTPONED. Don't worry, we'll be here, bingo boards ready on Dec. 18, OR whenever the vote takes place...

Follow @sonal_soni_ who will be live tweeting today's meeting!
https://t.co/i8xnQzf9tI