Windy Citizen lets you share your favorite Chicago news, events, photos, and videos with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. The Windy Citizen is the only Chicago news site built by its readers. The Windy Citizen is free. Free to share local news.
Site Url: http://www.windycitizen.com/
Feed Url: http://feeds.feedburner.com/WindyCitizenFullFeed
Target community: Chicago
Is the site active? Yes
Professional journalists? Mixed
Paid staff? No
Is the site part of a network? No
Is the site a media affiliate? No
Content created by: Open
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Year founded: 2006
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Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? Yes
Does your site provide training? No
Business model: For-profit
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Contact Information
Location: Chicago, IL, United States of America
Contact URL: [email protected]
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
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