WBBM REVISITED
Carol Marin and two media analysts discuss the future of local news after Marin's no-frills experiment ended. (2/07/01)

ONLINE FORUM -- FEB. 2001
Marin and two experts respond to your questions on the future of local news programming. (2/15/01)

PULLING THE PLUG
ONLINE REPORT: Carol Marin, WBBM management and others react to the end of the station's "no frills" broadcast. (10/31/00)
ONLINE REPORT: After months of speculation over its future and rumblings about its ratings, the 10pm news on WBBM-Chicago ends its run. (10/30/00)

NO-FRILLS NEWS
Anchor Carol Marin took commercial tie-ins and "happy talk" out of WBBM-Chicago's 10pm news. Could this lead to an overall change in local news formats? (5/24/00)

ONLINE FORUM -- JUNE 2000
WBBM anchor Carol Marin and NewsLab Executive Director Deborah Potter take your questions on trends in local news. (6/00)

CAROL MARIN: WBBM's former 10pm anchor discusses her role in the program's overall take on the news. (5/00)

DEBORAH POTTER: The Executive Director of NewsLab, a non-profit group that encourages quality in local news, discusses the changes in WBBM's 10pm broadcast. (5/00)
BILL KURTIS: The former anchor of WBBM's evening news discusses the station's ratings decline and the future of news on television and beyond. (5/00)

PHIL ROSENTHAL: The Chicago Sun-Times' T.V. critic takes a look at WBBM's 10pm news. (5/00)
HANK PRICE: WBBM's former General Manager, discusses the management and marketing of Carol Marin's 10pm newscast. (5/00)