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Reel Chicago top 23 stories in 2023

By Reel Chicago Dec 29, 2023

While the news of our favorite TV firemen, cops, doctors, druglords, and chefs may sometimes be our top stories, we are also the news source for our production companies, post ...

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To those we have lost in 2023

By Reel Chicago Dec 29, 2023

The vibrant tapestry of Chicago's production community has dimmed once again with the loss of several luminaries during 2023, leaving an indelible mark on the city's rich legac...

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Best of Chicago Advertising in 2023

By Colin Costello Dec 29, 2023

The creative struggle -- that ongoing battle to keep great advertising great from inception to production -- is real. Crafting advertising that not only captures attention,...

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2022 in Review: To those we have lost

By Barbara Roche Jan 1, 2023

Reel Chicago remembers and celebrates the friends and loved ones of our community who no longer make the journey with us. Some showered us with their creativity. Some made...

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2022 in Review: Top stories of the year

By Barbara Roche Jan 1, 2023

Chicago has an impressive amount of talented cast and crew members, techs, and vendors who handle absolutely any production challenge that gets thrown at them. Our most oft...

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OUR TOP STORY OF 2022: The day the stories died

By Colin Costello Jan 1, 2023

Colin Costello is our West Coast Editor of Reel 360. Would you believe it if I told you our biggest story of 2022 was about something that couldn’t be found? In late Novem...

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The Best of Reel Chicago interviews in 2021

By Barbara Roche Dec 30, 2021

Human beings are social animals. Personal contact and social interaction with others is simply essential. In opposition, Covid created lock downs, quarantines and...

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Reel Chicago top 21 stories for 2021

By Barbara Roche Dec 30, 2021

Here are the top 21 stories on Reel Chicago in 2021. There were over 2500 stories between Reel Chicago and our sister publication Reel 360. With a record breaking total of ...

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Reel Chicago remembers those who have left us in 2021

By Reel Chicago Dec 29, 2021

Reel Chicago remembers and celebrates the friends and loved ones of our community who no longer make the journey with us. They made us laugh. They made us love. They made u...

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The Best of Chicago Advertising in 2021

By Colin Costello Dec 29, 2021

So, here we are at the end of another year. In 2021, we experienced more freedom from the pandemic during the spring and summer as cases lowered, but here we are, back in a kin...

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2020 in Review: Anthony Gigante of PRG

By Barbara Roche Jan 25, 2021

Editor’s Note: In 2020, the world changed right before our very eyes. Ad agencies, production companies and post houses were forced to adapt and begin a “new normal”...

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Year in Review: Dan Fisher of Bottle Rocket Media

By Barbara L. Roche Jan 18, 2021

Editor’s Note: In 2020, the world changed right before our very eyes. Ad agencies, production companies and post houses were forced to adapt and begin a “new normal” wor...

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2020 in Review: Mark Egmon of The Team Companies

By Barbara L. Roche Jan 8, 2021

Editor’s Note: In 2020, the world changed right before our very eyes. Ad agencies, production companies and post houses were forced to adapt and begin a “new normal”...

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2020 in Review: Mary Caddy of The Colonie

By Barbara L. Roche Jan 8, 2021

Editor’s Note: In 2020, the world changed right before our very eyes. Ad agencies, production companies and post houses were forced to adapt and begin a “new normal”...

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2020 in Review: Director, Jeremy Pinckert of Explore

By Barbara L. Roche Jan 6, 2021

Editor’s Note: In 2020, the world changed right before our very eyes. Ad agencies, production companies and post houses were forced to adapt and begin a "new normal" working...

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2020 in Review: Film Editor Bill Ebel reflects back

By Barbara L. Roche Jan 5, 2021

Editor’s Note: In 2020, the world changed right before our very eyes. Ad agencies, production companies and post houses were forced to adapt and begin a "new normal" wo...

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2020 in Review: Top Chicago advertising campaigns

By Colin Costello Jan 2, 2021

It's hard to remember back in February 2020, when the Kansas City Chiefs bested the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV and Parasite was winning Best Picture, no one was talk...

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2020 in Review: Remembering Who Left Us

By Colin Costello Dec 31, 2020

Whether you stay in Chicago to make your mark or leave to make your impact felt somewhere else, you are still Chicago. 100%. It's a badge of honor anyone from the city, that is...

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2020 in Review: Reel Chicago’s Biggest Stories

By Colin Costello Dec 31, 2020

What a year, huh? 2020, which felt like a decade, will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the worst years ever. And who will argue? Certainly not the staff at Reel Chicag...