June 1, 2021 – Paid Media Listening Session

South Side Weekly is part of a new project of the Metro Media Lab, an initiative spearheaded by Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Get paid to share your media habits with South Side Weekly at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. The Metro Media Lab is a new, multi-year project being […]

June 10, 2021 – Woodstock Institute 2021 Economic Justice Awards

As Woodstock Research Director Spencer Cowan puts it, “It’s the same map.” At our Economic Justice Awards event this year we want to talk about the fact that mortgage lending in Chicago follows the ‘tale of two–unequal–cities’ narrative we see in health, education and other indicators, Since the 1980s, we have analyzed mortgage lending and […]

May 13, 2021 – Register now for 2021 Community Media Awards

Registration is now open for the 26th annual Community Media Awards, Thursday, May 13, at 5:30 p.m. CT (online)! Though nominations are now closed for the Terkel Award, we have opened up nominations for our Uplifting Voices and Ripple Effect awards for the very first time. Nominations for those awards are open through Friday, April […]

May 17, 2021 – IHDA’s Illinois Rental Payment Program: How to Apply

Programs to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic are opening throughout Illinois, funded by a federal COVID-19 relief package that passed late last year. In Illinois, $834,709,843 will be distributed through both local and statewide programs to assist renters. The statewide program administered by the Illinois […]