Help us with a signal boost this Giving Tuesday!

[South Side Weekly]

Hi Friends,

This was a big year for the Weekly. We launched a workshop series that has already welcomed over 200 people to 20 workshops teaching a range of fundamental journalism skills. We covered the city elections on the South Side in a way nobody else did, digging into the stories in each ward and publishing in-depth features on the crowded race in Woodlawn and the political fragmentation of Englewood. And we received a $50,000 grant from the McCormick Foundation, which we are now using to hire a new editor-in-chief (to be announced soon!).

Of course none of this would have been possible without you. We are growing steadily and we want you to know that you, our vast and growing network of contributors, are at the center of every decision we make. Growth for the Weekly means better support for you.

Democratizing the newsroom means creating a robust network of citizen journalists that is empowered and equipped to tell their own stories and report on the issues facing their neighborhood. And it means creating a platform that can share those stories with as many of our neighbors as possible. That’s what we’re building together. 

If you haven’t heard yet, it’s Giving Tuesday and we have an exciting opportunity to triple match up to $6,000 in donations to the Weekly before midnight tonight. That means we could raise $18,000 today alone. We’re off to a good start but we’re writing to ask you to help amplify our message. You can help by sharing our email or social media posts today with a friend or family member that cares about the future of local journalism. And let them know why you believe in what we’re building. 

With gratitude, 

Jason Schumer 

Managing Director 

South Side Weekly 

Adam Prybyl 

Editor-in-Chief 

South Side Weekly