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December, 2011
Can’t get enough of The Chicago Reporter? Do you hate waiting to read the latest investigative stories?A new partnership will provide more investigative stories, with the Reporter’s signature data analysis, for a bigger audience.The Reporter will join forces with the WMAQ, a NBC affiliate, to create hard-hitting investigative stories on social and economic issues.“The Chicago Reporter is...
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December, 2011
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November, 2011
The Chicago Reporter has joined a new advertising network of 15 local websites supported by a $50,000 startup grant from The Chicago Community Trust. The Chicago Independent Ad Network will help independent news outlets become more sustainable through advertising income.
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September, 2011
The Chicago Reporter exposed several lenders who failed to register hundreds of foreclosed and vacant single-family homes within the City of Chicago. Just weeks after the investigation, the Chicago City Council—by a 49-0 vote—passed legislation meant to force banks to maintain such properties.Mayor Rahm Emanuel commended the legislation, noting the city spent $15.5 million last year to demolish...
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June, 2011
Kimbriell Kelly and Alden Loury participated in Chicago Public Media’s coverage of the Global Activism Expo on April 30. The broadcast was simulcast on WBEZ, 91.5 FM, and Vocalo, 89.5 FM. The two-hour broadcast featured interviews and commentary from Chicagoans involved in relief and advocacy efforts around the globe.
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May, 2001
Reporter Jeff Kelly Lowenstein has left The Chicago Reporter to become a database and investigations editor at Hoy, the Chicago Tribune’s Spanish-language newspaper. Kelly Lowenstein spent more than five years at the Reporter covering labor/business and health. He produced award-winning investigations on Chicago police officers sued for wrongful deaths in controversial fatal shootings of...
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March, 2011
The Chicago Reporter is partnering with the Chicago Community Trust and Community Media Workshop this year to provide a burst of local coverage by, for and about underserved communities on Chicago's South and West sides. In April, through its Community News Matters initiative, the Trust will award a series of $2,000 and $10,000 local reporting awards to fund original reporting and fact-based...
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January, 2011
The Chicago Reporter has passed the halfway point. From Jan. 1 through Nov. 17, the Reporter generated $41,618.45 toward its $75,000 challenge grant goal as part of the Challenge Fund for Journalism VI, an effort of the Ford, McCormick and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism foundations. Any revenue from new sources or any increased revenue from existing donors and subscribers will be matched by...
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May, 2010
On March 4, The Chicago Reporter held its first-ever release party at the M Lounge, 1520 S. Wabash Ave., in the South Loop, to celebrate the release of its March/April issue. From 6 to 8 p.m., Reporter staff mingled with readers, followers and patrons of the M Lounge. The Reporter will hold release parties there each month when a new print magazine is released.
On March 15, Editor Kimbriell...
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