Founded on October 18, 1913 by A.S. Bushkevitz, the Desplaines Valley News became a fixture heralding the news of local interest to the communities surrounding the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal. Beginning with Bushkevitz and continuing through to the present day the editors of the Desplaines Valley News have also used the newspaper as a vehicle for bolstering and publicizing local business.
Bushkevits described his vision for the paper this way:
To the Residents, Business Men And General Public, We have come into your town with a Newspaper Enterprise to stay, if you will stand by us. We have asked for no bonus, nor do we intend to do so; but all we ask of you is that you give us your Patronage in the way of Job Work, Advertising, Subscription and good will. If you will give us all your work and subscribe for our Paper we will do our best to please you, and will assure you that this will be the People’s Paper. We will advocate the patronage of Home Industries, and we would like to have you do likewise. It is up to you to keep this Paper before you for much good.
The News under Noonan
In 1986 the Desplaines Valley News was purchased by the soft-spoken, chain-smoking, former copy boy turned editor, John C. Noonan. Under the Bridgeport, Chicago native’s leadership, the Desplaines Valley News was transformed into a kind of “working school” for aspiring local journalists.
When he was 15 years old, Noonan went to work for the Bridgeport News and got his first exposure to print journalism. While attending DeLaSalle High School, Noonan was able to get a job as a copy boy at the Chicago Tribune. Some time later he was moved to the Tribune’s rewrite desk, and in 1961 Noonan became a beat reporter with the City News Bureau of Chicago. Noonan spent seven years at City News, where he was overnight city editor and broadcast editor.
During his 14-year tenure at the Desplaines Valley News, Noonan exposed a new generation of reporters to the “City News” style of journalism, training wide-eyed upstarts to think like beat reporters – be tenacious, make friends, obtain much information and make sure it’s good. Noonan brought the City News maxim, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out,” to Summit, Illinois.
In addition to running the Desplaines Valley News, Noonan also ran for Illinois Senate in the 24th District in 1992. He was defeated in the Democratic Party primary, but garnered nearly 10,000 votes.
John Noonan died on Sunday, October 15, 2000 at Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, Illinois, after a short battle with lung cancer at the age of 58.
The News Today
The Desplaines Valley News was sold in November 2012 to Southwest Community News Group.
External links
John C. Noonan obituary
Official website
May 02, 2023
desplaines, valley, news, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, october, 2013, lea. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations October 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Desplaines Valley News is the self proclaimed newspaper of record for the Southwest Suburban Chicago communities of Bedford Park Bridgeview Brookfield Countryside Hodgkins Indian Head Park Justice La Grange Highlands Lyons McCook Summit and Willow Springs Southwest Community News Group publishes the newspaper Thursday of each week Desplaines Valley NewsTypeWeekly NewspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Bob NicholPublisherDesplaines Valley News Pub Co EditorBob BongFounded1913LanguageAmerican EnglishHeadquartersLemont Cook County Illinois United States Circulation2 800OCLC number31163834Websitewww wbr desplainesvalleynews wbr comFounded on October 18 1913 by A S Bushkevitz the Desplaines Valley News became a fixture heralding the news of local interest to the communities surrounding the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal Beginning with Bushkevitz and continuing through to the present day the editors of the Desplaines Valley News have also used the newspaper as a vehicle for bolstering and publicizing local business Bushkevits described his vision for the paper this way To the Residents Business Men And General Public We have come into your town with a Newspaper Enterprise to stay if you will stand by us We have asked for no bonus nor do we intend to do so but all we ask of you is that you give us your Patronage in the way of Job Work Advertising Subscription and good will If you will give us all your work and subscribe for our Paper we will do our best to please you and will assure you that this will be the People s Paper We will advocate the patronage of Home Industries and we would like to have you do likewise It is up to you to keep this Paper before you for much good The News under Noonan EditIn 1986 the Desplaines Valley News was purchased by the soft spoken chain smoking former copy boy turned editor John C Noonan Under the Bridgeport Chicago native s leadership the Desplaines Valley News was transformed into a kind of working school for aspiring local journalists When he was 15 years old Noonan went to work for the Bridgeport News and got his first exposure to print journalism While attending DeLaSalle High School Noonan was able to get a job as a copy boy at the Chicago Tribune Some time later he was moved to the Tribune s rewrite desk and in 1961 Noonan became a beat reporter with the City News Bureau of Chicago Noonan spent seven years at City News where he was overnight city editor and broadcast editor During his 14 year tenure at the Desplaines Valley News Noonan exposed a new generation of reporters to the City News style of journalism training wide eyed upstarts to think like beat reporters be tenacious make friends obtain much information and make sure it s good Noonan brought the City News maxim If your mother says she loves you check it out to Summit Illinois In addition to running the Desplaines Valley News Noonan also ran for Illinois Senate in the 24th District in 1992 He was defeated in the Democratic Party primary but garnered nearly 10 000 votes John Noonan died on Sunday October 15 2000 at Hinsdale Hospital Hinsdale Illinois after a short battle with lung cancer at the age of 58 The News Today EditThe Desplaines Valley News was sold in November 2012 to Southwest Community News Group External links EditJohn C Noonan obituary Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Desplaines Valley News amp oldid 1079551241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
