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A podcast and movement media hub in Chicago that reshapes the culture of the city and beyond for the more liberatory and creative. Through longform conversations with movement workers, artists, rappers, poets, musicians, organizers, and changemakers, AirGo puts Chicago’s reimaginers in conversation and creates a living dialogue-based archive of our creative communities and social movements

Block Club Chicago is a nonprofit, reader-funded newsroom dedicated to delivering reliable, nonpartisan and essential coverage of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods.

We are a multilingual news outlet that reports on immigration and immigrant communities. About half of our audience reads our stories in Spanish. In addition to publishing in English and Spanish, we are the only local news outlet in the country to publish stories in Dari (Persian), the most commonly spoken language by Afghan refugees.

Bronzeville Life is not about geography, its about a lifestyle! Throughout our publication, we are building on the vision of our forefathers highlighting, uplifting and encouraging Black excellence.

We bring Chicago’s amazing news and events into focus in Arabic for the Arab American Community in Chicago and the US.

Chicago’s new front page.

CHIRP is a live, local community radio station focused on Chicago’s independent music, arts and culture. It’s heard on the north side at 107.1FM or worldwide at chirpradio.org or via our mobile app.

Bilingual, independent news organization covering Cicero and Berwyn. We partner with residents to produce journalism that is needed and wanted.

Citizen Newspaper Group, a voice for the people. Founded in 1965 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Covering 36 communities across the City of Chicago and over 18 communities in the South Suburbs with an African-American audience focus. We take pride in Informing, Challenging and Contributing to the communities we serve.

Contratiempo is a literary organization, founded in 2003, that highlights the cultural contributions of the Spanish-speaking diaspora in the U.S. Our bilingual programs showcase the art, literature and journalism of immigrant communities and also facilitates exchanges between poets and writers in the USA, Latin America and Spain. Our programs includes: Revista Contratiempo, a quarterly flagship publication, Radio Contratiempo on Lumpen Radio; ongoing creative writing workshops; Poetry readings and talks in collaboration with other local literary organizations and festivals; Poesía en Abril, Spanish-language international poetry festival and Caracol Gathering Space in the Burnham Wildlife Corridor and most recently, English to Spanish-language translation of works by non-Spanish-language writers and poets.

The Evanston RoundTable is the community’s leading source of news about local government, schools, civic and artistic activities, and other important issues facing our city.

Gozamos is an independent online magazine and community of bloggers, progressive activists, and journalists, putting a spotlight on arts, community and culture.

The Illinois Answers Project is Illinois’ nonpartisan investigations and solutions journalism news organization. We are published by the Better Government Association, Illinois’ nonprofit full-service watchdog organization.

Illinois Latino News (ILLN) is an English language, local, multimedia, digital news and information outlet with a statewide coverage, Hispanic-Latino editorial focus.

ILLN applies solution journalism in producing stories on the social determinants of health, and democracy.

We do this by…
-Before making assumptions about what communities need to know, we commit to genuinely listening to them through surveys and in-person and virtual events to provide information that they’re missing.
-Partnering with trusted organizations that help us increase accessibility to the public, broaden the reach of our coverage and prevent misinformation.
-Generate “good conflict” around divisive issues and problems, allowing people and teams to discuss and debate the responses.
-Commit to the on going examination of issues that can help communities see — and work toward building a better society.

Your friendly neighborhood weekly newspsper, serving Chicago’s North Side since 1905. The newspaper of record for North, Lake View and Rogers Park townships.

Producing award-winning documentaries and videos since 1997, Juneteenth Productions uses media as an effective tool for social justice and communicating to diverse communities. With expertise in state of the art communication vehicles and technology, we develop, produce and provide documentaries, podcasts, production workshops, and media consulting.
OUR FOCUS AND MISSION
is on the health of the individual, communities, environment — and the human condition and spirit.

OUR WORK
combines storytelling and messaging to craft visually and emotionally compelling media that heightens awareness, promotes understanding and inspires behavioral change.

OUR GOAL
is to produce media that impacts quantifiable improvements in individuals’ and communities’ health, respect for the environment, and personal empowerment.

Kartemquin is a collaborative media arts organization that produces independent documentary films and supports emerging filmmakers in honing their craft. Its growing community of over 600 program alumni and partner filmmakers examines and critiques society, tackling issues such as climate change, systemic racial inequality, the justice system and more. Kartemquin focuses on supporting filmmakers based in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.

With 52 years of service, La Raza (www.LaRaza.com) is the most recognized Spanish publication in Chicago, named in 2021 the best Spanish weekly in the US by the National Association of Hispanic Publications. La Raza was founded in Chicago to serve the growing and often underserved Hispanic community. La Raza is devoted to informing with independence, professionalism, ethics, balance, and fairness about the issues that affect the Hispanic community, and to defend, represent, and empower the Hispanic community and its culture in Chicago. As the main Spanish publication in the city, La Raza wants also to be a champion of Spanish language and literature and has a critical role in the preservation and promotion of Hispanic culture in Chicago.

Loop North is a news and information website serving the Loop and Near North neighborhoods of downtown Chicago.