Chicago alt-weekly survives column clash, going nonprofit


              Leonard Goodman, co-owner of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper sits for a portrait at his Chicago home Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The Reader is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over Goodman's column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. Goodman said the Reader should have stood by him once the piece was published, despite disagreement about his point of view. "This is an opinion piece," he said. "It's not writing as a scientist." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
            
              Tracy Baim, publisher of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper sits for a portrait at her office Monday, May 9, 2022, in Chicago. The Reader is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over co-owner Leonard Goodman's column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. Baim said editors asked to hire an independent fact-checker to vet the column. Baim said she and her co-publisher then met with Goodman and discussed options, but "it was very clear he didn't like any" of their proposals. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
            
              HOLD FOR STORY Staff and supporters of the Chicago Reader rally Thursday, April 21, 2022 outside the home of Reader investor Leonard Goodman. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)
            
              Tracy Baim, publisher of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper sits for a portrait in her office Monday, May 9, 2022, in Chicago. The Reader is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over co-owner Leonard Goodman's column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. Baim said editors asked to hire an independent fact-checker to vet the column. Baim said she and her co-publisher then met with Goodman and discussed options, but "it was very clear he didn't like any" of their proposals. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
            
              Leonard Goodman, co-owner of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper sits for a portrait at his Chicago home Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The Reader is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over Goodman's column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. Goodman said the Reader should have stood by him once the piece was published, despite disagreement about his point of view. "This is an opinion piece," he said. "It's not writing as a scientist." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
            
              Tracy Baim, publisher of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper stands for a portrait at her office with a weather beaten newspaper box Monday, May 9, 2022, in Chicago. The Reader is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over co-owner Leonard Goodman's column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. Baim said editors asked to hire an independent fact-checker to vet the column. Baim said she and her co-publisher then met with Goodman and discussed options, but "it was very clear he didn't like any" of their proposals. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
            
              Leonard Goodman, co-owner of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper sits in his home for a portrait with his dogs Lucy and Poncho, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Chicago. The Reader is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over Goodman's column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. Goodman said the Reader should have stood by him once the piece was published, despite disagreement about his point of view. "This is an opinion piece," he said. "It's not writing as a scientist." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
            
              Staff and supporters of the Chicago Reader rally Thursday, April 21, 2022, outside the home of Reader investor Leonard Goodman. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Chicago alt-weekly survives column clash, going nonprofit