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Media News, Midwest

Local news outlets could see boost from federal spending bill that targets community journalism for the first time

  • By Charles Jefferson
  • December 9, 2021

Heidi Randhava, a reporter and advertising manager for the Evanston Roundtable, a hyper-local digital media publication in the lakefront.

Media News, Midwest, Police Accountability Project

Records show Illinois fails to hold police accountable for misconduct

  • By Kallie Cox and William Freivogel
  • October 14, 2021

Eighty-one Chicago police officers lost their badges over the past 20 years, but only after being investigated for 1,706.

Media News, Midwest

Lost Chicago Sun-Times photos find their way to history museum

  • By Robin Sluzas
  • October 7, 2021

For nearly a decade, an archived collection of photographs from the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper seemed lost forever, first to.

News, Opinion

Local media have role in fighting vaccine hesitancy, misinformation

  • By Jackie Spinner
  • September 9, 2021

A few days ago I shared an op-ed on my personal Facebook page by a doctor in Los Angeles.

Media News, Midwest

Local Chicago news startup turns 3, with a growing list of newsletter readers and paid subscribers

  • By Marin Scott
  • March 9, 2021

When their billionaire owner abruptly closed Chicago’s DNAInfo in 2017, three former editors decided to build a different kind.

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