Now that I’ve lived in Chicago for three years, I’m starting to feel more like a part of the Chicago business community. And a big piece of being a part of a community is keeping up on your local news. I rely a lot of sources, but I’ve found that Crain’s Chicago Business consistently does great reporting on the Chicago business scene. Crain’s Chicago Business is published by Crain Communications, which is “one of the largest privately owned business publishers in the U.S., with more than 27 leading business, trade and consumer publications and related websites in North America, Europe and Asia.” Crain is headquartered in Detroit, MI, but their publications are headquartered in a variety of places. Crain was founded in 1916 by GD Crain Jr., and it remains a family owned business to this day despite a few bumps in the road that would be expected for any company in the publishing industry (like layoffs a couple of years ago).

Crain Your Neck

What I really like about Crain Communications is that their lineup of brands serves a lot of different interests. They cover broader business news in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and New York, and they cover the Advertising and Media Industry with titles like Advertising Age and TelevisionWeek. They publish Waste & Recycling News, and they have 7 publications focused on the Plastics and Rubber industries. High quality publications that target specific niches are great for advertisers, which is why Crain has an advantage over more general business publications. If you’re digging Crain’s approach to niches and you like their “Readers First” mentality, then you should definitely give their Jobs page a look. Right now they have a variety of great opportunities for new or recent grads including:

• Assistant Web Producer – Ad Age (New York, NY)
• Digital Assistant Managing Editor – Investment News (New York, NY)
• Digital Media Analyst – Pensions & Investments (New York, NY)
• Digital Reporter – Ad Age (San Francisco, CA)
• Editorial Assistant – Pensions & Investments (Chicago, IL)
• Editorial Assistant – Business Insurance (Chicago, IL)
• Freelance Reporter – Ad Age (Washington, DC)
• Marketing Database Administrator (Detroit, MI)
• Part-time Editorial Researcher – Tire Business (Akron, OH)
• Research Analyst – Staffing Industry Analysts (Mountain View, CA)
• Staff Reporter – Plastics News (Akron, OH)
• Video Editor – Crain’s Chicago Business (Chicago, IL)
• Web Developer – Ad Age (New York, NY)

There are all kinds of cool opportunities at Crain, so hopefully one of them will appeal to you. Ad Age may be a sexy name because you heard about it in Mad Men, but don’t overlook writing for Plastics News or Tire Business–sometimes things that seem mundane are actually pretty interesting.

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