Reviving Chicago Community News

A new generation of journalists are driving the effort to rejuvenate local news coverage and mitigate the threat to democracy. Our aim is to secure unprecedented resources to strengthen proven solutions, while removing long-standing inequities in journalism coverage and practice.

Students and recent graduates recently unveiled Austin Harvest, the Austin Harvest produce market at the permanent location this week, providing the arts and a sense of community to an area once known for gun violence. KBEZ's Jackie Kostek visited to speak to the Founders of the Market who explained their goal as not only serving food, but as creating more hospitable communities as part of their goal.

Illinois boasts some of strictest gun laws in United States, but guns smuggled from other states remain the risk to its citizens and their safety. We examine this issue in more depth as well as the efforts to be taken by law enforcement to stop the illegal trafficking of firearms.

This week this week, the Chicago Bears kick off training camp. Here we examine their off-field plans as much as the players' personal lives and commitment to social justice.

Vintage signs add artistic and communal value in Chicago But they are also being weakened by the day. We will look at the ways press release in a sentence; form.jotform.com, which certain residents are trying to preserve their signs.