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Congratulations to our immigration project editor @almacampos.bsky.social on being named a finalist for the CJA's prestigious Dorothy Storck award! Here's a thread of some of Alma's recent work. 🧵1/5
Photos of the three Dorothy Storck award finalists. The finalists are pictured inside blue circular frames on a cheerful yellow background. From left to right: Alma Campos, South Side Weekly; Brandis Friedman, WTTW; Shia Kapos, Politico.
October 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Have you witnessed ICE activity in Chicagoland, or seen CPD or other local law enforcement assisting federal agents or engaging in misconduct?

LET US KNOW.

Upload video directly at tinyurl.com/chicagojourn... or email us at [email protected]
HAVE YOU SEEN ICE? ¿HAS VISTO A ICE? We are a group of journalists across newsrooms in Chicago who are collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and traffic stops conducted by federal agents. Share video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists Contact us: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com We won’t share video publicly without your permission. Share video / Enviar video Somos un grupo de periodistas de distintos medios en Chicago recopilando videos relacionados con el uso de la fuerza, detenciones, controles de tráfico y retenes por agentes federales en Chicago. Enviar video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists Contacto: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com No compartiremos video públicamente sin permiso.
October 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Si usted o alguien que conoce ha sido estafado por una empresa que ofrece servicios de inmigración, los reporteros de Weekly quieren entrevistarlo. Escanee el código QR o visite bit.ly/NotariosSSW para completar nuestra encuesta.
July 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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If you or someone you know has been defrauded by a business offering immigration services, Weekly reporters want to hear from you. Scan this QR code or go to bit.ly/NotaryFraud to fill out our survey!
July 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Breaking: City Council passed the snap curfew ordinance by a margin of 27–22. Progressive council members have urged Mayor Brandon Johnson to veto the ordinance.
June 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Tens of thousands marched in the Loop Saturday as part of nationwide #NoKings demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump's actions and those of ICE. Photos by @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Weekly investigations editor @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social will join @illinoisanswers.bsky.social journalists in discussing "Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity" at a live podcast taping at the City Club of Chicago tomorrow!
www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5697...
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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About 150 demonstrators rallied and marched at a Black and Brown Unity event in Union Park that capped off a week of May Day activities aimed at protesting President Trump's actions.
A young Black woman with braids, gold hoop earings, a tan jacket and olive pants reads a statement from a sheet of paper, a microphone in her left hand. The sun is on her face. She takes up the entire left side of the photo, with a bright white cloud and blue sky behind her and filling the middle of the photo. The right side of the photo is a tree with pink blossoms. A half dozen people dressed in red sweatshirts and holding signs and wearing white-and-black keffeyahs stand in a line, facing away from the viewer and taking up the foreground of the photo. They stand on green grass in a park at the back of a crowd of several dozen people who fill the lower half of the frame. A speaker is in the center and at the far end of the crowd, standing on a small stage and facing them. He wears a black sweatshirt. Mid-rise apartment buidlings are in the distance, and trees frame the upper left and right corners of the photo. Blue, red, and yellow flags fly in the breeze in the middle of the photo, below the branches of green budding deciduous trees and above a crowd of demonstrators who are preparing to march out of Union Park. The demonstrators take up the bottom of the photo; they are a crowd of several dozen people facing left. Some are holding signs and a few hold large paintings of workers. Several are wearing surgical masks or glasses; most are wearing jackets. The sun is shining brightly on the scene. In the left third of the photo, in the foreground, Frank Chapman sits in an electric scooter facing the camera and addressing a crowd of people to the right. He is wearing a black overcoat, blue pants, a gray scarf and a black fedora. His right hand is raised in a fist and his left is holding a microphone. A few yards behind him and to his left, about a half dozen demonstrators stand in a line below trees that are blooming with pink blossoms. The grass is bright green below their feet. One holds a sign that says "Stop the Trump agenda" at the top and has more slogans in smaller lettering below. On the far right side of the photo, part of a red banner with a large fist in black-and-white can be seen.
May 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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The South Side Community Art Center is expanding with a $15M rehab project. In the latest issue of the Weekly, Jasmine Barnes looks back on 85 years of art and community, and forward to what’s next.

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The cover of the April 10, 2025 issue of South Side Weekly features a collage of images from the South Side Community Art Center, including a row of portraits in the foreground, a photo of three Black people involved in a painting lesson in the center, and the mansion that houses the Art Center in the background. The title, "Letting the Light In: The South Side Community Art Center Unveils Big Plans for a $15 Million Rehab and Expansion," is on the left side. Along the bottom of the cover, the issue's articles are listed: City Council Round-up, Woodson Library Turns 50, DJ Nanoos on Tour, and More.
April 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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"Although [two witnesses] provided statements that supported Donaldson’s account, the police all maintained they had seen their fellow officers do nothing wrong, and said Donaldson tried to fight the cops and resisted arrest. IPRA found the accusations not sustained."
Screenshot of South Side Weekly article "Cop Who Attacked Miracle Boyd Was Investigated in 2009 for Beating Teen" excerpt: About a week after the attack, which left deep scratches on his neck, abrasions and bruises on his chest, and bruises on his arms and wrists, Donaldson filed a complaint with IPRA, which then interviewed ten witnesses, seven of whom were cops. Although a clerk at the food mart and another witness both provided statements that supported Donaldson’s account, the police all maintained they had seen their fellow officers do nothing wrong, and said Donaldson tried to fight the cops and resisted arrest. IPRA found the accusations not sustained. Jovanovich and Bongiovanni remained on the force. According to the Invisible Institute’s Citizens Police Data Project, by 2015 they had racked up more use-of-force reports than ninety-five and eighty-six percent of Chicago police, respectively. And then last year, Jovanovich punched Miracle Boyd in the mouth, knocking out her front tooth."
March 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Thanks to NewsMatch, anything you donate to the Weekly this month is DOUBLED. Your support fuels award-winning independent reporting, nurtures local talent, and strengthens the connections that make the South Side vibrant.

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December 4, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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Congratulations to the Weekly’s investigations editor @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social and reporter Max Blaisdell on sharing the 2024 Sarah Brown Boyden Award for technology reporting! The winning series, “Missed Shots,” investigated ShotSpotter's dealings in Chicago and elsewhere.
Two white men in suits stand before a blue backdrop that is emblazoned with circular gold logos of the Chicago journalists association. On the left, Max Blaisdell wears a blue 1970s-style suit and white shirt with an open collar. On the right, Jim Daley wears a tan blazer and a white shirt with a purple tie. Max has a mustache and is slightly taller than Jim, who is bald and wears glasses. Both are holding small glass Sarah Brown Boyden Awards plaques, and smiling.
November 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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This week's edition (on newsstands tomorrow) has four pages of photos and reporting on Chicago's protests against Israel's invasion of Gaza, where IDF bombing has killed more than 3,000 children over the past three weeks.
November 1, 2023 at 2:25 PM