Shamus Toomey's guest appearances

Shamus Toomey

Around The Block Podcast

Andrea Darlas and The Reporters

Minutia Men Celebrity Interview on Radio Misfits

Bob Sirott

Mark Cuban

Kyle Samani

Phil Plait

Kim Gordon

Tommy Chong

Ian Smith

Roger Bennett

Bradley Whitford

Kevin Matthews

James Breakwell

Adam Greenberg

Daniel Jeffries

Amy Landecker

Anthony Scaramucci

Joe Jackson

OwlTail

Award-winning journalist and beer drinker, Shamus Toomey (Co-founder and editor-in-chief of Block Club Chicago) chat with Rick and Dave! [Ep66]

Award-winning journalist and beer drinker, Shamus Toomey (Co-founder and editor-in-chief of Block Club Chicago) chat with Rick and Dave! [Ep66]

MM Celebrity Interview – Block Club Chicago’s Shamus Toomey

Andrea Darlas

Phil Rogers

Tahman Bradley

On tonight’s episode of Andrea Darlas and The Reporters – Andrea welcomes an esteemed group on journalists including: Shamus Toomey (Block Club/DNA Info), Phil Rogers (WMAQ News), Tahman Bradley (WGN News).  They dive into their careers and how they tackled some of Chicago’s toughest stories – Listen in and tune in next week for the next installment of Andrea Darlas and The Reporters. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3590510/3590510_2019-01-28-224110.64kmono.mp3 Follow Andrea Twitter! Follow @AndreaDarlas And be sure to follow Andrea on Facebook!

On tonight’s episode of Andrea Darlas and The Reporters – Andrea welcomes an esteemed group on journalists including: Shamus Toomey (Block Club/DNA Info), Phil Rogers (WMAQ News), Tahman Bradley (WGN News).  They dive into their careers and how they tackled some of Chicago’s toughest stories – Listen in and tune in next week for the next installment of Andrea Darlas and The Reporters. <a href="http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3590510/3590510_2019-01-28-224110.64kmono.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3590510/3590510_2019-01-28-224110.64kmono.mp3</a> Follow Andrea Twitter! <a href="https://twitter.com/AndreaDarlas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow @AndreaDarlas</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Adarlas" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">And be sure to follow Andrea on Facebook!</a>

Andrea Darlas & The Reporters | Journalistic Panel of Shamus Toomey (Block Club/DNA Info), Phil Rogers (WMAQ News), Tahman Bradley (WGN News)

Shamus Toomey is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Block Club Chicago, a media outlet dedicated to giving reliable, hyperlocal coverage of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods. It was one of the first news companies that signed on the Civil Blockchain Network, which is now raising its ICO. In this interview, Shamus and Elaine talk about how he came to create Block Club Chicago, the company's partnership with Civil, and how blockchain can be applied at the grassroots level to promote local journalism.List of Topics Covered in This Episode:00:00 - Introduction to Shamus Toomey01:28 - DNAinfo05:17 - Learning about blockchain and discovering Civil08:27 - Civil’s offerings11:39 - Do journalists using Civil need to know about blockchain?14:30 - Realizing blockchain can help revive journalism17:31 - Block Club Chicago19:05 - How does Civil support Block Club Chicago?24:29 - “Better” journalism and local journalism28:47 - Risks, challenges, and obstacles with integrating blockchain into the newsroom30:54 - Civil’s token, CVL32:10 - Blockchain’s long-term impact on journalism34:03 - Closing remarksFollow blockstreetHQ!Website: http://www.blockstreethq.comTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/blockstreethqMedium: http://www.medium.com/blockstreethqSoundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/blockstreethqFollow Elaine Ramirez!Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/elainegijaFollow Shamus Toomey &amp; Block Club Chicago!Shamus: https://twitter.com/stoomeyBlock Club Chicago: https://twitter.com/BlockClubCHI

Shamus Toomey is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Block Club Chicago, a media outlet dedicated to giving reliable, hyperlocal coverage of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods. It was one of the first news companies that signed on the Civil Blockchain Network, which is now raising its ICO. In this interview, Shamus and Elaine talk about how he came to create Block Club Chicago, the company's partnership with Civil, and how blockchain can be applied at the grassroots level to promote local journalism. List of Topics Covered in This Episode: 00:00 - Introduction to Shamus Toomey 01:28 - DNAinfo 05:17 - Learning about blockchain and discovering Civil 08:27 - Civil’s offerings 11:39 - Do journalists using Civil need to know about blockchain? 14:30 - Realizing blockchain can help revive journalism 17:31 - Block Club Chicago 19:05 - How does Civil support Block Club Chicago? 24:29 - “Better” journalism and local journalism 28:47 - Risks, challenges, and obstacles with integrating blockchain into the newsroom 30:54 - Civil’s token, CVL 32:10 - Blockchain’s long-term impact on journalism 34:03 - Closing remarks Follow blockstreetHQ! Website: <a href="http://www.blockstreethq.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.blockstreethq.com</a> Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/blockstreethq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/blockstreethq</a> Medium: <a href="http://www.medium.com/blockstreethq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.medium.com/blockstreethq</a> Soundcloud: <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/blockstreethq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.soundcloud.com/blockstreethq</a> Follow Elaine Ramirez! Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/elainegija" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/elainegija</a> Follow Shamus Toomey &amp; Block Club Chicago! Shamus: <a href="https://twitter.com/stoomey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/stoomey</a> Block Club Chicago: <a href="https://twitter.com/BlockClubCHI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/BlockClubCHI</a>

Episode #14: Shamus Toomey (Block Club Chicago on Civil)