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{{Short description |Illinois newspaper publisher}}
{{about|the Illinois newspaper chain|the Minnesota newspaper|St. Paul Pioneer Press}}
{{hatnote|This article is about the Illinois newspaper chain. For other uses, see [[St. Paul Pioneer Press]], and The Pioneer Press in West Virginia published by [[J. R. Clifford]].}}
The '''Pioneer Press''' publishes 32 local [[newspaper]]s in the [[Chicago area]]. It is a division of [[Tribune Publishing]], and is based in [[Chicago]].
 
The community newspapers are the main source of local news in [[Illinois]] communities such as [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]], [[Highland Park, Illinois|Highland Park]], and [[Lake Forest, Illinois|Lake Forest]].
The '''Pioneer Press''' publishes 32 local [[newspaper]]s in the metropolitan [[Chicago]] area. It is a division of the [[Chicago Tribune]] Media Group. Pioneer Press is based out of Chicago.
 
==Pioneer Press community newspapers==
The community newspapers are the main source of local news in affluent communities like [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]], [[Highland Park, Illinois|Highland Park]] and [[Lake Forest, Illinois|Lake Forest]].
The following is a listing of all Pioneer Press Chicago newspapers, as of 2014:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pioneerlocal.com/ |title=Pioneer Local |publisher=Pioneerlocal.com |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>{{update needed|date=July 2019}}
 
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Unrest among staffers has marred Pioneer Press' reputation. In March 2002, a sportswriter covering [[Highland Park High School (Highland Park, Illinois)|Highland Park High School]] basketball learned his beat would switch to covering the village of [[Lake Bluff, Illinois|Lake Bluff]] and the city of Lake Forest, effective immediately. It meant he would not be afforded the chance to cover the high school's first-ever trip to Illinois' [[Illinois High School Association|boys basketball quarterfinals]] in [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]]. Angry with that and stung by several other actions by the newspaper, including the paper allowing ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' publisher [[David Radler]] to overturn endorsement decisions made by staff, the sportswriter wrote an angry letter to then-Executive Editor Paul Sassone. The letter was distributed and the letter-writer was terminated.<ref>[http://www.chireader.com/hottype/2002/020322_1.html Radler Steals the Show], chireader.com. Retrieved on 3 January 2008.</ref> Pioneer's lead [[editorial]]s and [[political endorsement]]s now "represent the view of the Sun-Times News Group of 100 papers in Metropolitan Chicago" rather than the voice of the community paper.
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* ''Barrington Courier-Review''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://barrington.suntimes.com/ |title=Barrington Courier-Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820080642/http://barrington.suntimes.com/ |archive-date=2011-08-20 }}</ref>
* ''Buffalo Grove Countryside''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buffalogrove.suntimes.com/ |title=Buffalo Grove Countryside |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Deerfield Review'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://deerfield.suntimes.com/ |title=Deerfield Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''The Doings Clarendon Hills''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clarendonhills.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Clarendon Hills |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''The Doings Hinsdale''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hinsdale.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Hinsdale |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''The Doings La Grange''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lagrange.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings La Grange |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''The Doings Oak Brook''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oakbrook.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Oak Brook |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''The Doings Weekly''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://burrridge.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Weekly |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''The Doings Western Springs''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westernsprings.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Western Springs |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Elm Leaves''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elmwoodpark.suntimes.com/ |title=Elm Leaves |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Evanston Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evanston.suntimes.com/ |title= Evanston Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
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* ''Forest Leaves''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riverforest.suntimes.com/ |title=Forest Leaves |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Franklin Park Herald Journal''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://franklinpark.suntimes.com/ |title=Franklin Park Herald Journal |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Glencoe News''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://glencoe.suntimes.com/ |title=Glencoe News |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Glenview Announcements''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://glenview.suntimes.com/ |title=Glenview Announcements |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Highland Park News''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://highlandpark.suntimes.com/ |title=Highland Park News |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Lake Forester''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/ |title=Lake Forester |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Lake Zurich Courier''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakezurich.suntimes.com/ |title=Lake Zurich Courier |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Libertyville Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libertyville.suntimes.com/ |title=Libertyville Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Lincolnshire Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lincolnshire.suntimes.com/ |title=Lincolnshire Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Lincolnwood Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lincolnwood.suntimes.com/ |title=Lincolnwood Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Morton Grove Champion''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mortongrove.suntimes.com/ |title=Morton Grove Champion |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
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* ''Mundelein Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mundelein.suntimes.com/ |title=Mundelein Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Niles Herald-Spectator''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://niles.suntimes.com/ |title=Niles Herald-Spectator |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Norridge Harwood Heights News''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norridge.suntimes.com/ |title=Norridge Harwood Heights News |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Northbrook Star''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northbrook.suntimes.com/ |title=Northbrook Star |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Oak Leaves''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oakpark.suntimes.com/ |title=Oak Leaves |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606215506/http://oakpark.suntimes.com/ |archive-date=2012-06-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Park Ridge Herald Advocate''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parkridge.suntimes.com/ |title=Park Ridge Herald Advocate |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Skokie Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skokie.suntimes.com/ |title=Skokie Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Vernon Hills Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vernonhills.suntimes.com/ |title=Vernon Hills Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Wilmette Life''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilmette.suntimes.com/ |title=Wilmette Life |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
* ''Winnetka Talk''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winnetka.suntimes.com/ |title=Winnetka Talk |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref>
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==History==
In August 2003, the company made headlines after longtime arts and entertainment editor Virginia Gerst ran a negative review of a restaurant that had previously advertised in the papers. Although the place had ceased to advertise before the time of the review, Gerst was reportedly reprimanded and told the papers were "not in the business of bashing business." She was given a puffed-up new review of the same restaurant to run, this time written by Kyle Leonard, a former restaurant reviewer and managing editor who had since moved to the newspaper's marketing department. Gerst refused to run the review and resigned, earning several ethics awards, among them the [[Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism]], as a result.<ref>[http://www.chireader.com/hottype/2003/030905_1.html Pioneer Press Aims at Foot, Fires], chireader.com. Retrieved on 3 January 2008.</ref>
In 2005, Hollinger merged the 80-year-old [[Lerner Newspapers]] chain into Pioneer Press, Pioneer's first real inroads into the city of Chicago. Despite announcements by Publisher Larry Green that Pioneer intended to "grow" the Lerner Papers, over the course of the next six months, Pioneer dumped the venerable Lerner name, shut down most of its editions and laid off most of its employees. Subsequently, the ''Sun-Times'' ceased production of ''Skyline'', the ''Booster'' and ''News-Star'', the remaining members of the Lerner group, eliminated the jobs, and sold the titles to Oak Park-based ''[[Wednesday Journal]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-fri_phil_0125jan25,1,656667.column|title= Sun-Times stories end on the phone|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=January 25, 2008|access-date=2008-01-25}}</ref> In 2014, the Pioneer Press newspapers were sold to the Chicago Tribune Media Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/10/31/tribune-buys-suburban-newspapers-from-sun-times-and-sun-times-buys-more-time/|title=Tribune buys suburban newspapers from Sun-Times — and Sun-Times buys more time|last=Feder|first=Robert|publisher=RobertFeder.com|date=October 31, 2014|access-date=January 21, 2015}}</ref>
 
In 2005, Hollinger merged the 80-year-old [[Lerner Newspapers]] chain into Pioneer Press, Pioneer's first real inroads into the city of Chicago. Despite announcements by Publisher Larry Green that Pioneer intended to "grow" the Lerner Papers, over the course of the next six months, Pioneer dumped the venerable Lerner name, shut down most of its editions and laid off most of its employees. Subsequently, the ''Sun-Times'' ceased production of ''Skyline'', the ''Booster'' and ''News-Star'', the remaining members of the Lerner group, eliminated the jobs, and sold the titles to Oak Park-based [[Wednesday Journal]], Inc.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-fri_phil_0125jan25,1,656667.column|title= Sun-Times stories end on the phone|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=January 25, 2008|accessdate=2008-01-25}}</ref> In 2014, the Pioneer Press newspapers were sold to the Chicago Tribune Media Group. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/10/31/tribune-buys-suburban-newspapers-from-sun-times-and-sun-times-buys-more-time/|title=Tribune buys suburban newspapers from Sun-Times — and Sun-Times buys more time|last=Feder|first=Robert|publisher=RobertFeder.com|date=October 31, 2014|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref>
 
The following is a listing of all Pioneer Press Chicago newspapers as of 2014:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pioneerlocal.com/ |title=Pioneer Local |publisher=Pioneerlocal.com |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
{| class=”wikitable”|-!Pioneer Press Newspapers|-| Pioneer Press Paper
|-
|-
| ''Barrington Courier-Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barrington.suntimes.com/ |title=Barrington Courier-Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Buffalo Grove Countryside''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buffalogrove.suntimes.com/ |title=Buffalo Grove Countryside |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Deerfield Review'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://deerfield.suntimes.com/ |title=Deerfield Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Doings Clarendon Hills''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clarendonhills.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Clarendon Hills |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Doings Hinsdale''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hinsdale.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Hinsdale |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Doings La Grange''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lagrange.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings La Grange |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Doings Oak Brook''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oakbrook.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Oak Brook |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Doings Weekly''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://burrridge.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Weekly |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Doings Western Springs''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westernsprings.suntimes.com/ |title=The Doings Western Springs |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Elm Leaves''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elmwoodpark.suntimes.com/ |title=Elm Leaves |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Evanston Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evanston.suntimes.com/ |title= Evanston Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Forest Leaves''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riverforest.suntimes.com/ |title=Forest Leaves |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Franklin Park Herald Journal''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://franklinpark.suntimes.com/ |title=Franklin Park Herald Journal |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Glencoe News''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://glencoe.suntimes.com/ |title=Glencoe News |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Glenview Announcements''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://glenview.suntimes.com/ |title=Glenview Announcements |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Highland Park News''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://highlandpark.suntimes.com/ |title=Highland Park News |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Lake Forester''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/ |title=Lake Forester |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Lake Zurich Courier''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakezurich.suntimes.com/ |title=Lake Zurich Courier |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Libertyville Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libertyville.suntimes.com/ |title=Libertyville Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Lincolnshire Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lincolnshire.suntimes.com/ |title=Lincolnshire Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Lincolnwood Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lincolnwood.suntimes.com/ |title=Lincolnwood Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Morton Grove Champion''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mortongrove.suntimes.com/ |title=Morton Grove Champion |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Mundelein Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mundelein.suntimes.com/ |title=Mundelein Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Niles Herald-Spectator''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://niles.suntimes.com/ |title=Niles Herald-Spectator |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Norridge Harwood Heights News''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norridge.suntimes.com/ |title=Norridge Harwood Heights News |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Northbrook Star''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northbrook.suntimes.com/ |title=Northbrook Star |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Oak Leaves''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oakpark.suntimes.com/ |title=Oak Leaves |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Park Ridge Herald Advocate''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parkridge.suntimes.com/ |title=Park Ridge Herald Advocate |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Skokie Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skokie.suntimes.com/ |title=Skokie Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Vernon Hills Review''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vernonhills.suntimes.com/ |title=Vernon Hills Review |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Wilmette Life''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilmette.suntimes.com/ |title=Wilmette Life |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|-
| ''Winnetka Talk''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winnetka.suntimes.com/ |title=Winnetka Talk |publisher=Sun-Times Media Local |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
|}
 
==Cultural references==
We can see an article extract from a Pioneer Press newspaper in the video-game [[Portal 2]]. It's talking about an entrepreneur building a science laboratory in a salt mine, in Idaho.
 
==Leadership==
Editor-in-Chief: Robert K. Elder<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/04/17/robust-agenda-for-suburban-websites-guest-editors-podcast-network/ |title=‘Robust agenda’ for suburban websites: Guest editors, podcast network |publisher=Robert Feder |date= |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>
 
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.pioneerlocal.com/ }}
 
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