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Aaron M. Renn has been widely praised and featured numerous times in news media in the Midwest and across America.

Renn’s innovative ideas on cities have been covered by outlets including the New York Times, Forbes, Indianapolis Monthly, and the Christian Science Monitor, as well as broadcast on WFYI-TV (Indianapolis), WDET-FM Radio (Detroit), and Smart City Radio, a syndicated national radio program on cities.

Press inquiries are welcomed. Contact Aaron M. Renn at arenn@urbanophile.com.

AWARDS & HONORS

Honorable Mention, Top 10 Web Sites of 2010, Planetizen, March 2010
“The fresh ideas and innovative suggestions outlined almost daily in the Urbanophile offer a cogent and achievable sense of hope for the urban areas of the world.”

“The New News: Journalism We Want and Need”, Community Media Workshop/Chicago Community Trust, June 2009
Noted as being among top online publications “that in addition to providing entertaining and informative content were influential, innovative, and had thought through their relationship to their audience as seen by their efforts at transparency.”

First Prize, “Ideas for Increasing Public Transportation Use to Reduce Greenhouse Gases in Chicago”, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce/Innocentive, March 2009
“Brought new, innovative ideas to the forefront which potentially can be put into practice at our local transit agencies.”

RECENT PRESS COVERAGE

“Area looks to learn from stimulus fund loss”
Rockford Register Star (March 14, 2010)

“Top Ten Web Sites for 2010″
Planetizen (March 1, 2020) – honorable mention

“Urbanophile Offers Solutions for Transit”
WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago Public Radio (February 8, 2010)

“Meet the Urbanophile”
Nuvo Newsweekly (February 3, 2010) – interview

“Picture-Perfect Portland?”
The Oregonian (January 17, 2010) – bylined opinion article

“Hotels Spark Expansion of Downtown Skywalk System”
Indianapolis Business Journal (January 16, 2010)

“Vacancies Abound Before Chicago Rebounds”
WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago Public Radio (January 12, 2010)

“The Rise of the Megaregion”
Governing (January 2010)

“Detroit Today”
WDET-FM 101.9 (December 15, 2009) – 20 minute segment begins approx. 31:00

“The Mayor as CEO”
Forbes (December 3, 2009) – bylined opinion article

“Plowing Detroit Into Farmland – Idea of the Day Blog”
The New York Times (November 9, 2009)

“Detroit: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
TIME (November 7, 2009)

“Parcels on Canal Hit Market”
Indianapolis Business Journal (September 12, 2009)

“Pittsburgh? Yes, Pittsburgh”
Forbes (September 2, 2009)

“Brick City and a Conversation With the Urbanophile”
Smart City Radio (September 2009)

“Public Transit Learns to Dream Again”
Crain’s Chicago Business (August 21, 2009)

“Looking Ahead”
Indianapolis Monthly (August 2009)

“Cincinnati Streetcars, Soup to Nuts”
Business Courier of Cincinnati (August 3, 2009)

“City Garden and Chicago’s Millennium Park: A Comparison”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (July 7, 2009)

“Will the Loop exhaust its economic niche?”
Crain’s Chicago Business (June 9, 2009)

“The Diaspora Report: Are Californians dreamin’…of a Rust Belt destination?”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (June 5, 2009)

“For talent – good jobs, cool places, new narrative”
Crain’s Detroit Business (May 31, 2009) – subscription required

“Chicago Blog Review: The Urbanophile”
The Beachwood Reporter (May 22, 2009)

“How the ‘Average Jane’ Changed a Neighborhood”
Christian Science Monitor (May 22, 2009)

“For a better train, first know where you’re going”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (March 31, 2009)

“Chicago Transit: Ideas to Reach 1 Billion Rides a Year”
Chicago Tribune (March 30, 2009)3

About the Urbanophile

Aaron M. Renn is an opinion-leading urban success strategist and writer on a mission to help America’s cities thrive in the 21st century global economy. His particular focus is the oft-overlooked cities of the Midwest.

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