| Description: | The Chicago Reporter's investigations engage leaders and concerned citizens in critical issues, all with a unique focus on race and poverty. The Reporter's work helps move ideas to action, arming communities, advocates and decision- makers with information and providing opportunities for dialogue. Through data, analysis and the compelling stories of those most affected by inequality, the bimonthly print and online newsmagazine serves as an important watchdog of government and other institutions. |
| Begun: | 1972 |
| Website: | http://www.chicagoreporter.com |
| Office Location: | 332 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 500 Chicago, IL |
| Structure: | A project of the Community Renewal Society |
| Founder: | John A. McDermott (1972) |
| Executive Director: | Alden Loury; Kimbriell Kelly (editor) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 7 |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 7 |
| Annual operating budget: | Not available |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | No |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | No |
| Diversity statement: | No |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | No |
| Major donors disclosed: | Yes |
| INN Member: | No |
| Awards: | A 2007 Society of Professional Journalists Lisagor Award for business reporting in a trade or specialty magazine, newspaper or newsletter; a 2005 Utne Independent Press Award; The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism’s highest honor for reporting on racial issues; the Sidney Hillman Award, etc. |
| Contact: | tcr@chicagoreporter.com or 312-427-4830 |
New Economic Models
Investigative News Network
This group of more than 20 nonprofit news organizations was formed in July 2009 to organize the best investigative reporting sites out there. Workshop executive editor Charles Lewis, one of the original four board members, announces the group's first CEO, Kevin Davis.
World Investigative Reporting Enterprises
Inside the iLab, we are incubating WIRE, a new, online social utility platform bringing together the best investigative journalists in the world. WIRE will publish original, multimedia work. This highest quality journalism will be organized, made digitally accessible and searchable and disseminated in an entirely new way, via social networks.
iLab Projects
Citizen journalists work undercover in North Korea to show daily life
Japanese journalists have been training citizens in North Korea to take audio and video recordings of everyday life in an effort to document the hardships, including food shortages, prevalent there. Meet the man behind the training, Jiro Ishimaru.
