Reader Supported News (RSN) will carry forward the core concept that the reader is best served by financial control of the news service they depend on. No outside investment capital was used in the startup of RSN. No advertising money will be accepted by RSN. No grants will be sought by RSN. We like having the reader as our boss.

The service is free to all - even if you cannot contribute, we are honored to have you join us as a reader. RSN will not be a non-profit.

Non-profits are great and do wonderful work, but a board of directors ultimately rules the roost and that can lead to anything. Contributions made to RSN are not tax-deductible. This is a new experiment: can an organization serve the community and still pay its taxes? The answer should be yes.

Life.Style. Faith. Culture. Social Change.

Independent Investigative Journalism Since 1995

The Studio 20 Building a Better Explainer Project was launched in November 2010 by Professor Jay Rosen’s graduate journalism class, in partnership with the non-profit investigative newsroom, ProPublica.

The project will experiment with the form of “the explainer,” a genre in journalism that provides the essential background knowledge necessary to follow events in the news.

News for journalists, press release distribution for public relations

MediaBugs is a service for correcting errors and problems in media coverage.

The Report an Error Alliance is an ad hoc group of individuals and organizations who endorse the ideas presented on this site.

Dig Up Political Influence |

A New York Times lecture series. Podcasts and videos here.

The Chicago Youth Voices Network is a collaborative of youth media programs, professionals and organizations working together to strengthen the youth media sector in Chicago. By gathering leaders together for peer learning, advocacy and joint projects, the Chicago Youth Voices Network works to strengthen the organizations that amplify the voices of our city’s young people, their families and communities.

The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine

Original Archive Photographs from The Chicago Tribune Archives, spanning decades of news and photojournalism from the 'World's Greatest Newspaper.'

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.

News of safety, health and corporate conduct

The Living Stories project is an experiment in presenting news, one designed specifically for the online environment. The project was developed by Google in collaboration with two of the country's leading newspapers, The New Yor

This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy is a group of 17 media, policy and community leaders. Its purpose is to assess the information needs of communities, and recommend measures to help Americans better meet those needs.

LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine which chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Journalists on Twitter

This website is dedicated and to honor the Artist /Reporter Correspondents of the infamous Bohemian Brigade of the 19th century who were eye witnesses to the American Civil War.

Build Your Own Times Widget - The New York Times

Our mission, the sustained viability of the Freedom of Information Act, is too important to ignore.

Associated Press Style Book

OneWorld.net harnesses the democratic potential of digital media to create a fair and more sustainable world. A global network for people who care about the world beyond their own borders, OneWorld is a digital town hall in an interconnected world.

A guide to the names behind the news. SourceWatch is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.

Greg Palast, reporting for BBC, Harpers and more

The media is only as liberal as the conservative businessmen who own it!

From the Society of Professional Journalists.

Fresh looks at Chicago art, culture, housing and politics.

Chicago Media Watch aims to ensure that this region's media remains open, honest and responsive to the people's needs.

This is the website for the Center for Citizen Media, a new initiative aimed at helping to enable and encourage grassroots media, especially citizen journalism, at every level.

'The premier literary-intellectual magazine in English language.' Featuring reviews of books, film, art, and theater as well as poems, lectures, and articles on politics, history, and current affairs.

Because Mistakes Happen. Regret the Error reports on corrections, retractions, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the media.

Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

Censored news, media democracy in action, The news that didn't make the news