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The McKinley Park News covers Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood through original local news reporting, event calendars, community features and more.
N’DIGO presents lifestyle media on authentic Blackness with viewpoint, insight and perspective.
We tell stories, untold, mistold and need to be retold.
A monthly magazine and daily newsletter dedicated to coverage of the arts and cultural worlds of Chicago.
The North Lawndale Community News is published weekly by Strategic Human Services. Our purpose is to help inform our community on resources, events, and issues relevant to them and our neighboring communities.
Our community includes those who live, work, worship in, and/or care about North Lawndale and the surrounding communities. Our focus is on positive, productive solutions, that will improve the lifestyle of our community members.
The North Lawndale Community News is a free weekly publication devoted to North Lawndale, East and West Garfield, South Lawndale, Austin, Humboldt, Pilsen, and the Near West communities in Chicago. We provide information on relevant resources, events, and issues that improve the lifestyles of individuals and families and the economic vitality of community businesses.
The westside of Chicago is a rapidly growing area located less than ten minutes from Chicago’s Loop. The community features dense commercial districts, industrial areas, increased housing opportunities, parks, schools, and efficient transportation routes for over 41,768 residents.
By expanding our distribution outside of North Lawndale, we have added thousands of citizens to our base of readers and consumers. By covering our neighboring communities, we reach 20,923 residents in East Garfield; 23,085 in West Garfield; 91,065 in South Lawndale; 106,910 in Austin; 65,523 in Humboldt Park; 43,201 in Pilsen; and 21,109 in Near West. That’s 413,492 residents on the west side of Chicago.
We strategically distribute each issue of the North Lawndale Community News to the door of 8,000 homes – on a rotating area basis. We take 6,000 copies door-to-door to over 325 businesses, government agencies, libraries, non-profits, community meetings, and other high-traffic locations. 1,000 copies are distributed at community meetings, events, subscriptions and special requests.
This is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the economic and residential growth in our communities.
OTV | Open Television is a non-profit streaming platform and media incubator for intersectional storytelling, with artists and their creative visions at the center. Since launching in 2015 as a research project housed at Northwestern University, OTV has transformed the way the film and television industry supports independent artists and communities marginalized by their race, gender, sexuality, class, disability or nationality. Through intentional artistic development and holistic community development, the award-winning organization provides a network of care to identify, activate and mobilize the next generation of storytellers. In addition to serving as a streaming home (#OTVapp) for hundreds of intersectional pilots, series, short films and video art, OTV presents an annual fellowship (#OTVFellows), hosts an educational workshop series (#OTVStudyHall), and mounts an internationally recognized film competition (#BraveFutures).
Pigment International® is a Black woman founded and led multi-media platform reporting on the art, people, issues, trends, and events shaping Black contemporary art and examining the linkages connecting historical and contemporary Black art. Founded in 2018 in Chicago, Pigment serves as a connector within our community of Black creators, collectors, curators, investors, and other stakeholders. We are conveners, bringing together the Black art ecosystem for inspiring, cross generational dialogue. We are the publishers of Pigment Magazine and founders of Black Fine Art Month®. Follow Pigment International on FB and IG. At Pigment International we tell stories!
We are a Chicago-based media company producing a variety of original work independently including dramatic film, documentaries, television programs, and podcasts. We are storytellers with the goal of enlightening the mind and lifting the spirit – to facilitate a greater understanding of the world around us. As writer Alex Kotlowitz said on our podcast show, RHYTHM OF LIFE, “The centripetal force of great story-telling is empathy.”
SoapBox Productions and Organizing is a film and social activism 501c3 nonprofit specializing in multimedia storytelling for structural social change. Our mission is to utilize media to power, frame, and sustain social movements that advance holistic solutions to root problems. In tandem with grassroots organizing efforts for racial, economic, and social justice, SoapBox delivers emotional impact storytelling for liberation. We produce documentaries, fiction films, podcasts, articles, and community-based programming that intend to educate, agitate, inspire, and ultimately transform.
StreetWise exists to elevate marginalized voices and provide opportunities for individuals to earn an income with dignity. Anyone who wants to work has the opportunity to move themselves out of crisis. StreetWise provides “a hand up, not a handout.”
The Harvey World Herald is your trusted news source for in-depth reporting on education, business, public safety, health, politics, and entertainment in the City of Harvey. Our digital newsroom fills the void left after the collapse of local newspapers 40 years ago, providing critical information to the Harvey community. We do this by filling information gaps, passing the mic to those with a voice but without a platform, and helping the next generation of storytellers shape and own their narratives.
The Record Community News is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that launched in 2020 to serve the suburbs of Chicago. The Record’s growing coverage area includes northern suburbs — such as Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe and Highland Park — from the site TheRecordNorthShore.org. The Record was founded by three former editorial leaders at 22nd Century Media, a 14-title suburban newspaper group that went out of business early in the pandemic. The Record is dedicated to producing credible, courageous, community-first journalism on a variety of platforms, including a daily website and weekly newsletters and podcasts. We strive to fill suburban-news gaps via a responsible, reliable and sustainable community-news outlet that enables a better informed and engaged local populace.
Third Coast Review is an online magazine covering arts and culture in Chicago and suburbs with original longform articles and reviews written by a team of 30 editors and writers.
True Star is a nonprofit media company and digital agency led by youth. True Star provides underserved youth a transformative work experience where they learn their voice matters and find the confidence to use it.
24-hour Digital TV Channel provides MBC (aka Win TV1 Ch. 24.5) and MBN (aka Win TV2 Ch. 24.6) programs for over 3.4M potential viewers in Chicago-land.
Win TV 2 (Ch 24.6) can be watched on the chicagototal.com via PC or Android phone or iPhone. It’s also available via IPTV nationwide.
Viewers include Koreans as well as other Ethnics like Chinese, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Europeans, Hispanics, Middle Easterners, English speaking natives, etc.
