ASGK Public Strategies is filling key positions for communication jobs in Chicago.

he communication management firm founded by David Axelrod and Eric Sedler, announced today a major expansion of its operations in Washington, D.C. and Chicago with the recent hiring of seven public affairs professionals:

* Chris Lisi, Managing Director, D.C.
* Judy Erwin, Managing Director, Chicago
* Bryan DeAngelis, Principal, D.C.
* Ryan Vanderbilt, Senior Associate, D.C.
* Julie Adler, Senior Associate, Chicago
* Benjamin Thrutchley, Associate, D.C.
* Elizabeth Kenigsberg, Junior Associate, D.C.

These new hires represent ASGK’s continued emphasis on aggressively building its Washington, D.C. presence and assembling a team of talented public affairs professionals with direct experience in federal and state government and private sector communications.
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Some Chicago media jobs will soon be lost as the newspaper industry continues to decline.

The Chicago Tribune recently announced that it will have to cut some jobs. However, according to an article by Editor & Publisher, the Tribune disputed a Crain’s Chicago Business report that the company would have cut 20 percent of its newsroom staff.

The Tribune plans not only to cut jobs in the newsroom, but throughout the paper. The company hasn’t yet announced exactly how many jobs will be lost. At the same time, however, there may be some job expansion in some of the paper’s departments.

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In a world filled with online capabilities, many traditional newspapers are suffering. The City of Chicago is no exception and many Chicago media jobs are being cut.

In a city that once had more than 11 daily newspapers, only two remain - the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. According to an article by The Associated Press, the Sun-Times continues to lose money every quarter and the Tribune’s parent company is facing $13 billion in debt. Both papers are facing budget cuts and many newsroom jobs are being cut, and print editions of the paper have decreased.

Much of the newspaper industry’s problems come from the fact that many people don’t bother to buy an actual paper, but instead access news online. And because people aren’t buying papers, companies are less likely to advertise in them. If either Chicago newspaper were to go under, the Sun-Times seems to be the more likely candidate, as the company has cut $50 million this year and saw a third-quarter loss of $168 million.

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