From the front lines of the bankrupt Chicago Tribune, to the vibrant local online publishing and start-up scene, pioneering journalists struggle to reinvent a storied, yet troubled industry. "Mashed Media" visits bloggers, independent publishers, hacker journalists, and social media mavens working in the trenches of Chicago, providing a rare and intimate look at the future of journalism now.
"Cicada 3301: Internet Mystery" explores the enigmatic online puzzle known as Cicada 3301. In a ques...
Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social jus...
Year after year hundreds of thousands of fans line the route of the Tour de France, cheering on thei...
Tells a story about a blurry photo of a woman who works in the media industry in Indonesia. This mov...
Currently all the rage with hipsters worldwide, Chicago Juke music has roots that run deep. The film...
When a young woman is shot by an undocumented immigrant on Pier 14 in San Francisco, the incident ig...
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...
A never before seen look at the meteoric rise of Derrick Rose, the young Chicago superstar that was ...
In this special documentary that inspired a two-season television series, scientists and other exper...
There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the la...
This documentary study of the mechanisms that turn the gears of the tabloids is conducted by the uni...
Grandchild fraudsters scare their victims on the phone with so-called "shock calls". The losses run ...
An examination of the how television news in the US has covered war from Vietnam to the present day
The regulars of Chicago's Southside Rink show off the style and personality of the place they have c...
In 2004 a group of friends took the stage at a small coffee house in Dekalb Illinois with the sole p...
A cable system designed by controversial Chinese company Huawei Technologies enables communication b...
Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chica...