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| Tracy Baim | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Drake University |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, writer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Known for | Windy City Times |
| Movement | LGBT Rights |
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Tracy Baim is a Chicago-based LGBT journalist, editor, author, and filmmaker. She is also a former publisher of the Chicago Reader newspaper.
Biography
Baim attained a journalism degree from Drake University in the field of news-editorialism in 1984.
Career
Windy City Times was founded in 1985 by Baim and others, who started Sentury Publications to publish the paper. where she is the publisher and executive editor.
Baim came to the Chicago Reader in 2018. Following a debilitating public dispute between Baim and then-editor and the paper's then co-owner Leonard Goodman, during which ownership was transferred to a nonprofit, Baim resigned in 2022.
Awards and honors
- 1994: Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Inductee.
- 1994: Chicago Torch Award winner. Given by the Human Rights Campaign Fund.
- 1995: Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 leader.
- 2005: Community Media Workshop’s Studs Terkel Award.
- 2012: Top 10 selection from the GLBT Round Table of the American Library Association. For Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America.
- 2013: Lifetime Achievement Award. From the Chicago Headline Club at the 37th annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism.
- 2014: Fueling the Frontlines Awards honoree.
- 2014: Association of LGBTI Journalists Hall of Fame Inductee.
Baim was also a finalist for a 2012 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers.
Works
Journalism
- GayLife. Editorial Assistant.
- Windy City Times. Co-founder 1985. Owner, publisher, writer, photographer.
- Outlines newspaper. Co-founded 1987.
- Huffpost. Contributor.
- Chicago Reader. Publisher 2018. Co-publisher –present.
Books
- Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage. 2010.
- Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America. 2012.
- Out and Proud in Chicago. (2008) Related, see the Chicago Gay History website.
- Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer.
- Vernita Gray: From Woodstock to the White House. 2014. Co-author Owen Keehan.
- Leatherman: The Legend of Chuck Renslow.
- The Half Life of Sgt. Jen Hunter.
Films
- Hannah Free. 2008, Ripe Fruit Films.
- Scrooge & Marley, a Gay Christmas Carol. 2012.
Other projects
- That's So Gay. LGBT history trivia game.
- Pride Action Tank. Co-founder.
- Chicago Independent Media Alliance. Fundraising organization for community media. 2020.
- Gay Games VII. Co-vice chair.
- March on Springfield for Marriage Equality. Founded 2013.
References
Notes
- Reader, Chicago (2022-08-05). "[PRESS RELEASE] Baim stepping down as Reader publisher end of 2022". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ "Tracy Baim: a gay-media torchbearer". Chicago Tribune. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- Barnhurst, Kevin G. (2007). Media Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents. New York City: Peter Lang. pp. 143–147. ISBN 978-0-8204-9533-0.
- "The 50 Most Powerful Women in Chicago Tracy Baim". Chicago Magazine. April 13, 2020.
- ^ Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame 1994.
- ^ Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice 2014a.
- American Institute of Architects.
- ^ Association of LGBTQ Journalists 2014.
- ^ Hieggelke 2020.
- HuffPost.
- ^ Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice 2014b.
- Baim & Keehan 2014.
Citations
- "Tracy Baim". Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. Chicago, IL. 1994. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- Baim, Tracy; Keehan, Owen (2014). Vernita Gray: From Woodstock to the White House. United States. ISBN 978-1-499-38888-6. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Astraea Foundation honors three Chicagoans". Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice. 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- "Tracy Baim". Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- Hieggelke, Brian (2020-05-08). "The Conversation: Tracy Baim and Her Quest to Save Community Media". NewCity. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- "Tracy Baim". Association of LGBTQ Journalists. 2014. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- "Chicago Gay History". Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- "Tracy Baim". American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- "Contributor Tracy Baim". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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