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Chicago's News Landscape Transforming from Print to Online
Local news outlets have adapted to national crises. Many outlets are turning to digital journalism. However, successful outlets still have to contend with the new online sources.

They often focus on niche topics, relying on social media to distribute their content. They also experiment with different approaches to community engagement and reporting. These new players also offer writers new opportunities to make money from their work. This has led to the emergence of a new type of journalist - one who no longer must adhere to one publication but can build up subscriber bases for newsletters of any topic they wish.

Some digital startups meet specific community needs, such as in the South and West side of New York City. Others want to hold politicians responsible for their policies. Some experiments are even funded by philanthropy.

The McCormick Foundation leads efforts to improve local journalism. For example, it partners with Chicago-area media rooms through the Metro Media Lab to conduct audience research as well as strategy work. The McCormick Foundation has also collaborated on developing their skills with Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism’s Chicago Campus staff.

Chicago residents from across all regions reported feeling that news media in their neighborhood could use improvement, with notable regional variations; certain neighborhoods felt under- and misrepresented by mainstream media and there were gaps in coverage of specific issues such as crime and law enforcement.

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Block Club Chicago wrote about Adam Toledo being shot by police a few month after the incident. They took great care not to traumatize their readers, and did not include graphic video footage.

The TRiibe online news outlet is building trust among Black Chicagoans. Three Northwestern University graduates were tired of Chicago being portrayed in the mainstream media as the "murder capital." They set out to build an outlet where their community could be heard and also give people ownership over its story. TRiibe has seen its efforts pay off: the content of TRiibe is widely shared on social media and has led to civic engagement projects in Chicago.