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Type of site | News |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Block Club Chicago NFP |
URL |
blockclubchicago |
Launched | June 2018 |
Block Club Chicago is an online newspaper that reports local and neighborhood news in Chicago. The website operates as a non-profit, subscription-based service. [1] [2]
After DNAinfo was shut down in November 2017, Block Club Chicago was founded by three former DNAinfo Chicago editors – Shamus Toomey, Stephanie Lulay, and Jen Sabella. The new online publication was initially funded with a Kickstarter campaign and with capital from the Civil publishing platform. The Kickstarter was, at the time, the most successful local news Kickstarter campaign. [3] Block Club Chicago went live on June 12, 2018. [1] [2] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Block Club Chicago was founded in order to supply a neighborhood-focused coverage. [8] It therefore adopted a geographic, rather than topical, structure, in which each reporter is assigned a "neighborhood beat". [3]
As of 2021, Block Club Chicago had a newsletter circulation of 140,000 and a paid subscribership of 15,500. It had ten reporters and five editors. [8]
As of 2023, the website had 20,000 paid subscribers, and offered news coverage of 45 of Chicago's 77 community areas. [9]
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Type of site | News |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Block Club Chicago NFP |
URL |
blockclubchicago |
Launched | June 2018 |
Block Club Chicago is an online newspaper that reports local and neighborhood news in Chicago. The website operates as a non-profit, subscription-based service. [1] [2]
After DNAinfo was shut down in November 2017, Block Club Chicago was founded by three former DNAinfo Chicago editors – Shamus Toomey, Stephanie Lulay, and Jen Sabella. The new online publication was initially funded with a Kickstarter campaign and with capital from the Civil publishing platform. The Kickstarter was, at the time, the most successful local news Kickstarter campaign. [3] Block Club Chicago went live on June 12, 2018. [1] [2] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Block Club Chicago was founded in order to supply a neighborhood-focused coverage. [8] It therefore adopted a geographic, rather than topical, structure, in which each reporter is assigned a "neighborhood beat". [3]
As of 2021, Block Club Chicago had a newsletter circulation of 140,000 and a paid subscribership of 15,500. It had ten reporters and five editors. [8]
As of 2023, the website had 20,000 paid subscribers, and offered news coverage of 45 of Chicago's 77 community areas. [9]