Coveringartsandculture from a liberalviewpoint, the paper started the "alternative" genre that now includes such publications as Washington, DC's City paper and the ChicagoReader.
But the districts in general have seen their reputations swing dramatically from innovative inner-city rejuvenator to budget sham of the political machine, thanks largely to the reporting of Ben Joravsky of the ChicagoReader.
But do keep this in mind: before Emanuel handpicked her, the city CFO ran Scott Balice Strategies, a financial advising firm that, as the ChicagoReader spotted, gained some notoriety for pushing strapped localities to take their public assets and put them on the auction block.