Chicago Information

Photo by Nevin Dulabaum / BBT
Chicago at night

Photo courtesy of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue: Chicago’s Magnificent Mile
With four shopping centers, world-renowned boutiques and locally acclaimed designers, Chicago’s Magnificent Mile is known as a shopper’s paradise. The Magnificent Mile offers 460 stores in eight city blocks as well as offering its visitors world-class dining, lodging and leisure entertainment.

Photo courtesy of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
Buckingham Fountain
Dedicated in 1927 in the Beaux-Art tradition, the historic Buckingham Fountain is a landmark in the city of Chicago and is the centerpiece to 29 miles of shoreline and expansive lakefront parks.
Chicago newspapers and TV news stations
- The Chicago Tribune
- The Chicago Sun-Times
- The Chicago Reader (alternative free weekly)
- CBS Channel 2
- NBC Channel 5 Chicago
- ABC 7 Chicago Online
- WGN-TV ONLINE, Channel 9 (Chicago’s independent station)
- WTTW: Your Window to the World, Channel 11 (PBS)
Visitors’ guides to Chicago
- Clickaround Chicago (maps and video introductions to Chicago)
- Exploring Chicago: Chicago Board of Tourism
- Chicago Museums: from the Chicago Public Library
- Chicago Traveler
- The Newberry Library
- The Chicago Field Museum
- Oriental Institute
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Smith Museum of Stained Glass
Chicago’s Religious Scene
- Jewish Chicago HaMacom: The Chicago Jewish Community On The Internet
- Spertus Center for Jewish Studies
- Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago (near RCCongress 2010 location)
- St. James Cathedral (near RCCongress 2010 location)
Helpful Sites for Religion Communicators
- Journalism and Mass Communication: General Resources (University of Iowa)
- The Newsroom Home Page (AssignmentEditor.com)
- RCCongress 2010 Cooperating Organizations
