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Chicago is the World







Site URL:http://chicagoistheworld.org
Target community:Chicago area

Who contributes your content?

Professional journalists:50%
Community members:10%
Students:40%
Aggregate content of others:%

Site's focus:

the ethnic news media in the Chicago area

Target audience size:more than 1 million

Year founded:

2008

Who or what started your project?

Project started by:a professional journalist(s)
Project started by:a nonprofit organization
Update frequency: weekly or several times a week
What media outlets do you use?
Facebook URL:We Are Not Alone
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites?Yes
Provides training?Yes
Business model:Nonprofit
What are your sources of revenue?
Grants:Yes

How are you staffed?

How many full-time staffers:1
How many volunteers:4
How many students:4

Annual operating budget:

less than $100,000 per year

Contact Information
City:Chicago,
State/Province:IL
Country:--
Contact URL:stevebey@live.com
Watchdogging local government and public officials:5
Helping your community solve problems:5
Empowering community members:6
Developing opportunities for community dialogue:6
Collaborating with local partners:6
Involving community to shape local content:6
Making a profit:1
Being a sustainable operation:6

What else should people know about your site:

We recently began a city-wide campaign linking the black and Latino news media in an effort to cover youth violence with stories that do not stereotype, discourage people from working together and help bring together the black and latino communities and organizations and to celebrate the work done to deal with youth violence

This information is correct to the best of our knowledge, but if you’re an owner or founder of this site and the information here is incorrect, please e-mail Lisa Rowan at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with corrections.






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