Reviving Chicago Community News

New generation journalists are in the forefront of efforts to improve local news coverage and mitigate the threat to democracy. Our aim is to find unprecedented resources to enhance proven solutions as well as eradicating long-standing inequities within the coverage of journalism and its practice.

Recent graduates and students launched an Austin Harvest produce market at its permanent location earlier this week, bringing the arts and a sense of community to an area that was once known for press release music example; https://www.diigo.com, its gun violence. WBEZ's Jackie Kostek visited

to speak to its founders who describe their mission as not just providing food, but rather creating more hospitable communities as part of their goal.

Illinois boasts some of the most strict gun laws in the United States, but guns smuggled from states nearby still pose a threat to its residents the safety of. We look into this issue in more depth and also the steps made by law enforcement to limit illegal firearm trafficking.

This week, The Chicago Bears kick off training camp. We look at their off-field plans as well as player's personal lives and social justice commitments.

The old-fashioned signs have artistic and community value in Chicago However, they are becoming increasingly vulnerable. We will look at the ways in which the city's residents are working to protect them.