Often local newspapers don’t have their own blog or if they do, it is merely a mirror reflection of articles featured in their printed periodical. To answer this deficit of original online news information, the graduate students and former students at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois created Methods Reporter.

The stories and blog entries at Methods Reporter are compelling, original and reader—friendly with outstanding accompanying photographs. Methods Reporter presents information about the Chicago area in a unique, professional manner and really addresses the need for online news resources in the Illinois area. The Methods Reporter blog is so effective that it attracts 15,000 visitors every month to read about issues such as politics, crime, education, housing and alternative culture. There is even a link on the blog to browse available Chicago area jobs.

The bloggers and reporters gather information by tracking down documents, interviewing people and working the phones. The writers at Methods Report get paid 90 percent of the Google AdSense revenue shares for the stories they submit. This encourages the writers to attract an ongoing audience to effectively promote themselves and achieve ongoing earnings for their entries.

The quality of the reporting at Methods Report is superior and offers an interesting online forum for people to get the latest Chicago news.

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