Field Foundation

Investing in the promise of Chicago. Funding civic infrastructure, the cultural sector, local news outlets, and organizers to support community power building.

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CONGRATS to all 5 outlets!
This project was made possible by a grant from @HealingIllinois, a racial & community healing initiative from @ILHumanServices in partnership w/@FieldFoundation.
Find the full body of work on our Journalism & Storytelling page:
https://t.co/FiiPuds3HO

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Last night was the culminating dinner of the 2026 Healing Illinois Reporting Project: “Democracy Lives Here.” This year 5 statewide local news outlets produced robust news coverage on how democracy works in practice, who it works for, what people are doing to make it work better.

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@CapitolNewsIL @cnwmedia1 @hwherald @illatinonews & @WGLTNews each shared how they applied a solutions journalism frame—rigorous reporting on responses to social problems with evidence of what is working, what is not & why.
#journalism #storytelling #communitypowerbuilding

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This story is part of the Healing Illinois 2026 Reporting Project, “Democracy Lives Here,” managed by the @medillschool @soljourno Hub, made possible by @healingillinois, a racial and community healing initiative from the @ILHumanServices in partnership with @FieldFoundation.
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Voting by mail has become a popular voting method—and one of the most scrutinized.
In Illinois where the process of ensuring voter confidence in mail voting & elections generally falls upon county clerks, more than 18% of voters cast their ballot by mail in 2024—vs. 6.5% in 2016.

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They are relying on transparency, communication, & having people experience the process ....

Continue reading PART 2 of @CapitolNewsIL series:
https://t.co/kXx8aaeJSs

#journalism #storytelling #communitypowerbuilding #cap

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This story is part of the Healing Illinois 2026 Reporting Project, “Democracy Lives Here,” managed by the @medillschool @soljourno Hub, made possible by @healingillinois, a racial and community initiative from the @ILHumanServices in partnership with @fieldfoundation.

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For 16 years, Latino Unity Day has brought Illinois residents to Springfield not just to protest—but to legislate. The model is specific: participants get issue-specific training b4 meeting lawmakers, then pair w/policy experts who translate community concerns into bill language.

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"Its very much geared towards how we become active in creating the policies ... that then impacts our everyday lives."

Continue reading PART 2 of the https://t.co/yooBOC3j3B series:
https://t.co/034rgFQNGM

#journalism #storytelling #communitypowerbuilding #illinoislatinonews

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Making of a Nation. Unmaking of a Narrative. Who Gets to Tell the Story?

📅 July 16, 2026 🕕 6–9pm 📍200 W Madison St., 2nd Floor, Chicago

#AmericaAt250 #JournalismReckoning #Chicago

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We are less than two months away from "America @ 250: A Journalism Reckoning!”

This will be an evening filled with voices that are thoughtful, candid, and grounded in experience. Our esteemed speaker lineup and registration details will be announced soon.

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"America @ 250: A Journalism Reckoning" is an invitation to Chicago's entire journalism ecosystem for honest conversation on journalism's past, present and future.