The Ann Arbor Chronicle was launched in mid-2008 by Dave Askins (aka Homeless Dave) and Mary Morgan. It provides coverage of local issues, with a focus of in-depth reporting on local meetings.
The publication is web-only. Askins and Morgan are supporting the publication with paid display advertising and voluntary subscriptions.
Website: http://annarborchronicle.com/
In the news
- A newspaper disappears in a wired town, Dante Chinni in the Christian Science Monitor, April 2009
Many people here are talking about The Ann Arbor Chronicle, a new online venture started in September 2008 by a former staffer from The Ann Arbor News. The site is not a blog but a hyper-local website that acts like an online newspaper, complete with a daily “front page” that looks at everything from local meetings to the city budget.
- Four years later, The Ann Arbor Chronicle is still weird and wonky and its growing, Michael Anderson in Nieman Journalism Lab, September 2012.
It’s one of the oddest local-news startups in the country, and one of the most idealistic.
