The following briefing papers serve journalists as overviews, story leads and source lists to issues related to reporting on Chicago.

Topics include:

• Chicago: The Global City
• Art Communities Near McCormick Place
• Birthplace of Community Organizing
• Chicago Architecture
• Chicago Music
• Chicago Politics
• Chicago Theater
• Community Responses to Foreclosure Crisis
• Corporate Innovation
• Culture in a City of Neighborhoods
• Empowering Women
• The Fight for Affordable Housing
• The Fresh Coast
• Global Food Security
• The Heart of Black America
• A History of Protest in Chicago
• Immigrant Chicago
• Intellectual Crossroads
• News Innovation
• Obama’s Chicago
• Startup Chicago
• Sustainable Chicago
• Transportation
• Urban Farming, Food Deserts

This site offers briefing papers and source lists to journalists visiting Chicago  who are interested in connecting with local stories.

For inquiries, contact Newstips editor Curtis Black: curtis@newstips.org or Community Media Workshop: cmw@newstips.org