{"id":17036,"date":"2018-02-28T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=17036"},"modified":"2018-02-28T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:17:51","slug":"chicago-alderman-launch-one-illinois-news-outlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/02\/28\/chicago-alderman-launch-one-illinois-news-outlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago alderman to launch One Illinois news outlet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> One Illinois<\/p><\/div>\n

A Chicago alderman and former Democratic candidate for governor has announced plans to launch One Illinois,<\/a> a statewide, nonprofit digital news outlet, in April.<\/p>\n

Billed as nonpartisan, the progressive news site clearly will be aimed at countering the conservative Illinois Policy Institute and Breitbart News, among others.<\/p>\n

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Ameya Pawar<\/p><\/div>\n

Founder Ameya Pawar, who will serve as president and executive director, said the effort will be funded through a Kickstarter<\/a> campaign and contributions from readers, philanthropists, agencies and organizations. (Here is the link.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to build a lasting coalition of neighbors around the issues that unite us,\u201d Pawar said in announcing the startup Wednesday. \u201cWe believe journalism and storytelling is the best way to shape a new narrative about Illinoisans reconnecting with one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an obvious jab at the Illinois Policy Institute's media enterprises, Pawar said: \u201cThere are outlets out there \u2014 we know who they are \u2014 and we\u2019re out to change their prevailing narrative that casts state politics as a zero-sum game with only winners and losers. We\u2019re going to change the way people perceive communities as deserving and undeserving by putting a human face on public policy and its effects on residents across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

An alderman from Chicago\u2019s North Side since 2011, Pawar dropped out of the gubernatorial race last fall, citing insufficient campaign funding.<\/p>\n

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Ted Cox<\/p><\/div>\n

Longtime Chicago journalist Ted Cox, a veteran of the Daily Herald, DNAinfo Chicago and the Chicago Reader, will serve as editor of One Illinois. At the outset he\u2019ll oversee a staff of freelance writers, video producers and podcasters.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to build a broad-based audience across party lines, across race and class, and across Illinois to help shape a more positive and unified narrative,\u201d Cox said in a statement. \u201cOur journalism is committed to giving voice to the people. . . . We\u2019re going to let Illinoisans talk to each other and tell their stories through good, solid journalism, and that\u2019s going to have an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

One Illinois is the second Chicago-based digital news startup announced in recent weeks. Three former editors from DNAinfo Chicago also unveiled plans<\/a> for Block Club Chicago, a new neighborhood news website to be funded by reader subscriptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Chicago alderman and former Democratic candidate for governor has announced plans to launch One Illinois, a statewide, nonprofit digital news outlet, in April. Billed as nonpartisan, the progressive news site clearly will be aimed at countering the conservative Illinois Policy Institute and Breitbart News, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17036"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17045,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17036\/revisions\/17045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}