Solving for Chicago

A Chicago newsroom collaborative launched during COVID-19 covering essential workers and the changes to employment. Managed by the Local Media Association

[Solving for Chicago @Solving4Chicago]

@BetterGov @ChicagoReporter and @illatinonews are joining the collaborative! Our expertise is deepening and we connect with more communities with a role in "The Path Forward" from COVID. https://t.co/HaV1PHb1t7

[Penny Riordan @PennyRiordan1]

For those at #CJS2022 and heard about @Solving4Chicago, we have dozens of new stories up on the site about the path forward for essential workers in the city. Excellent coverage from our newsrooms: https://t.co/sx8wpYOI85

[Penny Riordan @PennyRiordan1]

Who is in @Solving4Chicago? Large media, small media, different types, different areas of the city. The group comes together twice a month. Total collaborative reach is 12 million with combined audience of members. I also support SFC through my role @LocalMediaAssoc #CJS2022

[Max Resnik @MaxResnik]

Five key action items before launching a local version of @ChiIndyMedia Build a donation website, Implement fundraising committee, create branding, develop marketing strategy, coordinate fundraising strategy training for members @yazminemiliad #cjs2022

[Better Government Association @BetterGov]

We’re partnering with 22 other local newsrooms to discover how our communities live through the long term effects of COVID through a survey and community conversations.

Share with us your experiences by filling out the survey: https://t.co/jZ4ya8tgbk

@Solving4Chicago

[Local Media Association @LocalMediaAssoc]

Did you know? Our 7 collaboratives including @Solving4Chicago — whose reporting focused on essential workers — have raised more than $3.5M while producing impactful and groundbreaking local journalism. Learn more in the 2021 LMA + LMF Impact Report.
https://t.co/D8R7Rr99QH

[Solving for Chicago @Solving4Chicago]

It's official, we'll be at the @CenterCoopMedia summit May 19 with @AldenLoury and @Susaneudora1 https://t.co/tmTVAxfd4Z

[Nancy Lane @localmediarocks]

The LMA Impact Report showcases the hard work of so many industry initiatives: ⁦@WordInBlack⁩ ⁦@sellbranded⁩ @Solving4Chicago⁩ ⁦@OklaMediaCenter⁩ @NewsIsOut⁩ LMA Covering Climate, Local News Resource Ctr, Lab for Journalism Funding https://t.co/f7zfcEtjjg

[Solving for Chicago @Solving4Chicago]

Excited to see so many of our collab members on the state at the Knight Media Forum #kmf2022

[Jim Brady @jimbrady]

The Knight Media Forum kicks off at 2pm ET, and I'll be moderating a breakout session at 3:20pm ET on the fascinating developments in Chicago media w/ @mattmoog / @WBEZLive, @MJsChicagoLoop / @BlockClubCHI, @TracyBaimWCMG / @Chicago_Reader & Andrés Torres / @McCormick_Fdn. (1/2)

[Solving for Chicago @Solving4Chicago]

Congrats to our member @BlockClubCHI! On an incredible run over the last year

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

AMAZING news, friends! Block Club has been awarded a ✨ $1.6 million, three-year grant ✨ from the @JournalismProj to expand our work!
@ChiTrust pledged an additional $450,000 in matching funds to Block Club over three years.

Read more: https://t.co/J53LgnE2lo

[Local Media Association @LocalMediaAssoc]

We welcome @BetterGov, @ChicagoReporter and @illatinonews who will join 20 newsrooms in our @solving4chicago collaborative to tackle questions about how the Chicago region can remake itself in response to the pandemic. https://t.co/lj6u4t8jNK

[ILLatinoNews.com @illatinonews]

“@illatinonews is grateful to join @solving4chicago, a coalition of independent #news organizations dedicated to producing solutions #journalism and evidence-based reporting in response to social issues”@HugoBalta, publisher
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@LocalMediaAssoc
https://t.co/eUzHWj0c7M

[The Chicago Reporter @ChicagoReporter]

“@ChicagoReporter is proud to be part of @solving4chicago; leveraging experience of #journalists in collaborating on in-depth, fair, accurate #news reporting for benefit of the public.”
@Greedus75Glenn, interim editor & publisher
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@LocalMediaAssoc
https://t.co/i3g0RDd8Fn

[Better Government Association @BetterGov]

We’re thrilled to join @solving4chicago and the tremendous 20+ news organizations in this @LocalMediaAssoc collaborative, covering the path forward through the pandemic in our city and state.

[Solving for Chicago @Solving4Chicago]

50 years of the Reader is worth supporting. Happy to have them as a member of the collaborative.

[Chicago Reader @Chicago_Reader]

✨ Join us in the spirit of giving this #GivingTuesday! Thanks to a generous donor, any donation 💸 made to the Reader today will be MATCHED dollar-for-dollar, doubling your impact 👇 https://t.co/gIDGwcLw08

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Every dollar donated today to our new Block Club Investigative Fund will help reporters investigate wrongdoing & hold the powerful accountable.

Your donation will be matched, doubling your impact! #GivingTuesday

Donate here: https://t.co/mKjA4uXyjW
https://t.co/CuQ21x5Pf3

[Solving for Chicago @Solving4Chicago]

Borderless is one of our most active collaborators. Consider supporting them this #GivingTuesday

[Borderless Magazine @Borderless_Mag]

Will you support our work to amplify immigrant voices and cover urgent immigration issues on this #GivingTuesday / #GivingNewsDay?

https://t.co/08qvqKOgfh

[Solving for Chicago @Solving4Chicago]

Hope you can support the work of our many newsroom members

[Injustice Watch @injusticewatch]

Today is #GivingNewsDay! All donations to @InjusticeWatch are being matched, thanks to a generous donor. Please consider making a donation (of any size) to support our public service journalism and help us reach our goal of raising $10,000 today.

https://t.co/kcinaugrYI

[Solving for Chicago @Solving4Chicago]

It's #GivingTuesday and we need your support to raise $1,000 for our collaborative reporting on 'The Path Forward' from the pandemic towards a more equitable Chicago https://t.co/3Ez3dO2LRB

[Robert Feder @RobertFeder]

This just in: Chicago area newsrooms join forces to find 'The Path Forward' after pandemic with @Solving4Chicago: https://t.co/u3ZSqfs3b5