Chicago basketball fans are in a somber mood this week after news broke that Bulls star Derrick Rose will miss another season. RedEye — the Chicago Tribune’s free daily tabloid geared toward millennials — rose to the occasion yesterday, offering a space on the print cover for fans to express their own unique get-well-soon wishes.
The cover invited readers to tweet photos of marked-up copies of the paper with the hashtag #getwelldrose:
Bring a pen on your commute tomorrow — we left you space to write your own #GETWELLDROSE msg. Tag, share it: pic.twitter.com/KFAoTr0sWE
— Chicago Things to Do (@redeyechicago) November 26, 2013
RedEye published a collection of its favorite submissions.
Meanwhile, the mood in the city isn’t all bad: Holiday season is still here, and today’s RedEye cover serves a dual purpose if you’re in Chicago and can snag a few extra copies of the paper left behind on the ‘L’:
See, the cover of today's issue opens up … like wrapping paper … see, b/c people use newspapers … pic.twitter.com/zzLUArARiI
— Chicago Things to Do (@redeyechicago) November 27, 2013