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Solving for Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n

The largest collaborative journalism effort ever assembled in Chicago spent the last year reporting on essential workers<\/a> and how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped work and employment throughout the region.<\/p>\n

Now, thanks to increased support from the Solutions Journalism Network<\/a>, the joint project dubbed Solving for Chicago<\/a> has been renewed for another year. This time it will focus on how COVID-19 has prompted communities to rethink solutions to problems of housing, education, public safety, employment and public health.<\/p>\n

With 19 print, digital and broadcast newsroom partners encompassing nonprofit and for-profit media brands in the city and suburbs, the project's theme for 2022 will be \"The Path Forward.\"<\/p>\n

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Jackie Serrato<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThroughout the pandemic, publications and institutions in Chicago realized, if they hadn\u2019t before, that sectors of our city and county were underserved, lacked safety nets, and were highly prone to the direct and indirect consequences of the virus \u2014 from fatalities to homelessness to abusive workplaces,\u201d Jackie Serrato, editor in chief of the South Side Weekly, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs journalists who have increased access to data and to people\u2019s stories, it is on us to expose the conditions that existed before COVID and that are set to remain even if COVID-19 was eradicated. Working together as newsrooms to seek accountability, transparency and solutions to the system\u2019s shortcomings seems like the only logical and responsible next step.\u201d<\/p>\n

To follow the work of Solving for Chicago readers can subscribe to a free newsletter. (Here is the link to register.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In addition to the Solutions Journalism Network, the project is funded by the Google News Initiative. It's managed by the Local Media Foundation.<\/p>\n

Here are the Solving for Chicago partner newsrooms:<\/strong><\/p>\n