New and Rejuvenating Chicago Community News

New generation journalists is driving the effort to rejuvenate local coverage of news and reduce threats to the democratic process. Our aim is to obtain unprecedented resources to enhance proven solutions while eliminating longstanding inequities in the coverage of journalism and its practice.

Students and recent graduates recently presented an Austin Harvest produce market at its permanent site this week, bringing art and community to an area previously known for gun violence. KBEZ's Jackie Kostek visited to speak with the company's founders, who have described their goal as not only serving food, but as creating a more welcoming culture as part of their goal.

illinois health news boasts some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, but guns smuggled from states nearby still pose an enigma to the residents the safety of. We look into this issue more deeply as well as efforts made by law enforcement to stop the illegal trafficking of firearms.

This week this week, it's the time that Chicago Bears kick off training camp. Here we examine their off-field plans as much as the personal lives of players and social justice commitments.

Vintage signs offer artistic and communal value in Chicago, but are getting more and more vulnerable. Here we explore how local residents are striving to preserve their signs.