Editing Evanston, Illinois (section)

==Media==
* ''[[The Daily Northwestern]]'', the student newspaper at Northwestern University
* ''The Evanstonian'', the student newspaper at [[Evanston Township High School]]
* ''The Evanston Review'', subscription weekly newspaper, part of Pioneer Press
* ''The Evanston RoundTable'', a free online news site
* ''The Evanston Sentinel'', a free weekly African-American newspaper
* ''Evanston Now'', an online newspaper and community website

===Use as film location===
Evanston's variety of housing and commercial districts, combined with easy access to Chicago, make it a popular filming location. Evanston as of December 2008 is listed as a filming location for 65 different films, notably those of [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Evanston,%20Illinois,%20USA&&heading=18;with+locations+including;Evanston,%20Illinois,%20USA |title=Titles with locations including Evanston, Illinois, USA |access-date=December 13, 2008 |website=IMDb}}</ref> Much of the 1984 film ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' was filmed in and around Evanston,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088128/ |title=Sixteen Candles (1984) |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=December 14, 2008 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216034308/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088128/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the 1988 film ''[[She's Having a Baby]]'', as was the 1989 film ''[[Uncle Buck]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098554/ | title=Uncle Buck (1989) | website=[[IMDb]] | access-date=June 29, 2018 | archive-date=July 13, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713204018/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098554/ | url-status=live }}</ref> the 1993 film ''[[Dennis the Menace (1993 film)|Dennis the Menace]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106701/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt|title=Dennis the Menace (1993)|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-date=March 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330065736/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106701/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 1997 film ''[[Home Alone 3]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119303/locations|title=Home Alone 3 (1997)|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415111100/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119303/locations|url-status=live}}</ref> A number of scenes from the 1986 [[Garry Marshall]] film ''[[Nothing in Common]]'' were filmed on the Northwestern University campus and Evanston's lakeshore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091653/locations|title=Nothing in Common (1986)|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325053424/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091653/locations|url-status=live}}</ref> Although not filmed there, the 2004 film ''[[Mean Girls]]'' is set in the Chicago suburbs, and makes several references to the area. The movie's screenwriter and co-star, [[Tina Fey]], had worked at the Evanston YMCA when starting her comedy career. In the 2003 film [[Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)|''Cheaper by the Dozen'']], the family moves to Evanston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1530908.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105044642/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1530908.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|title='Mean' streets? Teens say Evanston not that bad Harsh high school movie supposedly set in north suburb|date=May 4, 2004}}</ref> Additionally, 1993 film ''[[Rookie of the Year (film)|Rookie of the Year]]'', starring [[Gary Busey]] and [[Thomas Ian Nicholas]], was partially shot at [[Evanston/Skokie School District 65|Haven Middle School]].<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q3212960|title=Rookie of the Year}}</ref> The 2015 [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] reality series ''[[Becoming Us]]'' was filmed in Evanston.

In ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', according to [[IMDb]], the screenplay says that the boy and his grandfather live in Evanston.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv|title=The Princess Bride (1987)|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930053314/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv|url-status=live}}</ref> This was also stated by Mandy Patinkin in a behind-the-scenes interview.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMZwX1LKllU&t=44s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519035603/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMZwX1LKllU| archive-date=May 19, 2015|title=behind the scenes PRINCESS BRIDE part 1|last=Johnny Cade|date=August 20, 2014|via=YouTube}}</ref> The story's author, [[William Goldman#Early life|William Goldman]], was born in Chicago and grew up in [[Highland Park, Illinois|Highland Park]] a little more than ten miles north of Evanston.