CHICAGO — Taking a luncheon break from what has been a life of considerable movement and accomplishments, Frank Sennett plunked himself into a booth at Club Lago, that pleasantly old-fashioned bar and restaurant in River North, and started talking about his three kids, his wife, his father and how he once wanted to be a stand-up comedian.
“It was either that or journalism,” he said.
He chose wisely. Sennett has successfully surfed the choppy waters of the contemporary journalism and media seas as well as anyone. He has held and enjoyed some very prominent positions. He has been a writer and editor at the venerable Newcity, to which he still contributes. He was president and editor-in-chief of Time Out Chicago. He has taught college classes. He was the interim chief operating officer of Ebert Digital and RogerEbert.com. He was the director of custom publishing and digital strategy for Crain’s Chicago Business and later became the director of digital products and strategy for all four city and regional publications under Crain Communications. He was with Crain’s for nearly a decade until leaving last year to become vice president of Outlook Marketing.
