“Meyerson has been a part of the Chicago media landscape now for four decades.”
Sept. 13, 2017: ‘Charlie Meyerson, our terrific moderator’ (Wednesday Journal)
“Those of you lucky enough to be in the audience … saw the easy rapport between Axelrod and Charlie ….”
July 28, 2017: This veteran Chicago journalist is using an email ‘newscast’ to keep people informed (Poynter)
“In his opinion… what works in newsletters is what’s always worked best in journalism: Be clear and concise, don’t waste people’s time, offer them something of value.”
June 29, 2016: A Murrow award for Rivet Radio (Chicago Reader)
“A sweet honor for an innovative operation that was a gleam in Charlie Meyerson’s eye just two and a half years ago.”
June 21, 2016: Rivet Radio Makes the Best of a Bad Situation (FishbowlNY)
[The national Edward R. Murrow Award-winning report] “is hosted by Charlie Meyerson.”
March 21, 2016: ‘Free from the tyranny of the clock’ (WGN-AM podcast)
“Charlie Meyerson … joins Justin to discuss the evolution of the media landscape, the future of radio and podcasting, digital media, content creation, the ease of editing, what it takes to get people to listen and finding ways to monetize your product.”
March 3, 2016: Rivet Radio’s Charlie Meyerson gives our readers podcast pointers (Chicago Journalists Association)
“Award-winning Chicago radio (WXRT, WGN, WBEZ) and Internet (chicagotribune.com, Rivet) newsman Charlie Meyerson’s taking his expertise in audience engagement and radio production on the road over the next few weeks.”
Sept. 19, 2015: ‘Listen to it like you hate me’: Audio editing advice from a radio professional (Excellence in Journalism 2015 convention coverage)
“Meyerson … taught me how to be a sharp self-editor, my best-worst critic, and a tactful audio journalist who throws it back to the basics with Strunk and White.”
Dec. 26, 2013:
Chicago startup Rivet News Radio echoes Zite and Pandora for audio news (Poynter)
“News head Charlie Meyerson explained to me the vision for the service: ‘Our mission is to provide one riveting experience after another.’”
Jan. 7, 2013: ‘Kudos to veteran Chicago newsman Charlie Meyerson …’ (Robert Feder)
“It’s an ideal match for WBEZ and Meyerson, who pioneered the format as senior producer and Daywatch columnist for chicagotribune.com.”
July 18, 2012: Inside the Merlin staff meeting (Radio Ink)
“We are better positioned, with stronger, sharper skills than any of us had a year ago to go on and create something new again, somewhere else.”
June 24, 2012: Charlie Meyerson: Optimistic News Guy (Radiogirl podcast)
“Charlie … talks about his career at WXRT, WNUA, the Tribune Company, and WGN Radio. He also talks about his audio reports, his new teaching gig at Roosevelt University, and shares his optimism about the media.”
June 28, 2011: Merlin Media Quickly Hires Meyerson (Media Confidential)
“Charlie Meyerson has quickly landed a new gig.”
June 19, 2011: Charlie Meyerson Says Goodbye To WGN and Tribune (Chicagoland Radio and Media)
“We moved the news team from its home of a quarter-century on the 1st floor of Tribune Tower to the 4th floor, integrating it more tightly with the Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV news teams. We launched aggressive email and text alert services for our listeners. We overhauled and improved WGNradio.com several times. We aired some of Chicago’s smartest radio news reporting and analysis—on technology, the weather, the environment, politics, civic affairs and more. And the WGN Radio News team’s hard work has been recognized with several significant awards this year: The AP/Illinois prizes for Outstanding News Operation and Best Newscast; the Chicago Headline Club Lisagor Award for Best Newscast; and a contributing role in the Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome awards for Station of the Year and Best Station Website.”
July 29, 2009: WGN-AM names Chicago Tribune Daywatch columnist Charlie Meyerson news director (Chicago Tribune)
“His return to broadcasting, announced Wednesday and effective Aug. 6, comes about 11 years after Meyerson left the business and joined the Tribune to help develop its then-nascent digital presence and strategy.”
May 14, 2008: The Power of Connections: Media Meets Mission, panel discussion at The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management (WBEZ)
“You don’t need a broadcast license, you don’t need to own a huge antenna, you don’t need to have a TV studio, you don’t need to suck up to someone who owns giant printing presses, you know, all you need is a computer or a library card that will get you access to a computer, and … you have the potential to connect to an unlimited audience.”
November 2007: Advancing the Story
“None of this should be cause for despair among journalists who fear becoming slaves to public opinion, reporting only what an audience wants instead of what they think it needs. … Journalists who want to sail an audience in a specific direction need not be slaves to the winds of audience preferences. But, like a good sailor, they can navigate more successfully if they perceive which way those winds are blowing.”
Feb. 18, 2007: Chicago Radio Spotlight
“This is the best time in history to become a journalist.”
Aug. 25, 2006: News breaks at chicagotribune.com
[Review of Meyerson presentation at Society of Professional Journalists convention]: “The BEST convention session I’ve attended.”
July/August 2004: Illinois Alumni magazine
“The WPGU reunion, held in Champaign in April in honor of the student-run radio station’s 50 years of existence, lured Chicago radio news veteran Charlie Meyerson ‘77 COM, MS ‘78 COM, back to campus for the first time since 1987.”
March 14, 2002: Online Journalism Review
“Charlie Meyerson, a chicagotribune.com staff reporter who was a news radio veteran before he became an Internet reporter, informally trains colleagues in broadcast basics in the online newsroom. In addition to his text news updating and reporting duties online, including an early-morning, e-mailed update newsletter to [60,000+] subscribers [as of 2006], he gives an 8 a.m. radio broadcast on WGN-AM, a Tribune Company station.”
January/February 2000: American Journalism Review
“Meyerson and his afternoon counterpart, Joyce Garcia, update the information several times a day, taking feeds from the Tribune’s staff of a half-dozen online reporters and occasionally from the paper’s print reporters. Their goal is nothing less than their slogan—‘Instant Chicago.’”
October 1999: The Communicator
“Three years ago, Charlie Meyerson, the news director at WNUA-FM in Chicago, sent a memo to his new bosses at Chancellor Media Corporation, urging them to embrace the Internet.”
April 7, 1999: Editor & Publisher
“Daywatch columnist Charlie Meyerson, a 20-year radio news and newspaper veteran who recently joined the Tribune breaking news operation, says he won’t be surprised to see some of his old radio listeners become readers of his Web content.”
Oct. 11, 1998: The sound of news is fading out on many FM stations (Chicago Tribune)
“Meyerson … [is] taking his time before deciding what his next move will be, and it may not be back to the radio airwaves. He says that whatever happens, the Internet is bound to create more opportunities for journalists who know how to make news compelling: “The one thing that won’t change is the ability to tell a story, and tell it well.”
Sept. 2, 1998: Sam Weller’s 411 (Newcity)
“Longtime WNUA-FM 95.5 news director Charlie Meyerson has parted ways with his former employers. … The award-winning journalist would like to stay in radio, but sees the Internet as an option as well.”
Dec. 5, 1990: Chicago Tribune Inc. column
“He’s in a helicopter covering a story about an oil tanker on the Chicago River (hey, this is fantasy, folks) and gets attacked by a giant flying monster.”
