Journalism & Media 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Journalism & Media

The grantee is a nonprofit public media organization rooted in community and dedicated to serving the Chicago region across audio, digital, and print platforms. Its mission is to amplify the public conversation by telling the stories that matter; stories that provoke thought, entertain, capture emotion, and inspire action. Under it's umbrella, there are three primary brands, WBEZ, Vocalo, and The Chicago Sun-Times. This grant supports Vocalo, the nation’s first 24/7 urban alternative public radio station focused on music and culture created to serve an audience that is younger and more diverse than public media audiences have been historically. MacArthur funds support the increased capacity of Vocalo to produce original content and better reflect the cultural interests and current events coverage of all of Chicago’s diverse communities. The intended outcome of this work is that Vocalo continues to become a more robust platform for music, news, and cultural coverage serving diverse Chicagoans.