The Chicago Reporter

The Chicago Reporter
Cover of the November/December 2013 issue
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1972
CompanyCommunity Renewal Society
CountryUnited States
Based inChicago, Illinois
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.chicagoreporter.com
ISSN0300-6921

The Chicago Reporter is a monthly periodical based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Founded in 1972, it covers poverty and race issues.[1] It was founded by John A. McDermott, who sought to create "the nation's first publication devoted to analyzing and investigating local racial issues."[2] In 1974, its yearly budget was $120,000, most of which was paid by the Ford Foundation.[1] In 2016, sister publication Catalyst, focused on education, merged into The Chicago Reporter.[3]

The interim editor and publisher is Glenn Reedus.

  1. ^ a b "Chicago Reporter: Small Journal With Great Ways", Jet, December 26, 1974, retrieved February 9, 2010
  2. ^ ROSSI, ROSALIND. "Chicago Reporter founder John McDermott dies at 70," Chicago Sun-Times, August 19, 1996: 16, accessed July 05, 2017, via Newsbank.
  3. ^ "Catalyst folds into Chicago Reporter". Retrieved August 2, 2020.