PRODUCER

Hieggelke is the founder and president/CEO of Newcity, whose award-winning print and digital publication has been ”The Publication of Record for Chicago Culture” since 1986. A produced playwright and award-winning journalist, Hieggelke is also a pioneer in constructing and monetizing national networks in the alternative press, both in print through his leadership role with the Alternative Weekly Network, and online with the Newcity Network, an internet startup he led in the 1990s and early 2000s.