Daily Northwestern
Evanston, Illinois, United StatesEnglishServing as the independent student voice of Northwestern University, this award-winning publication has provided comprehensive coverage of campus life and the Evanston community since 1881. It is widely recognized for its rigorous professional standards and its role as a training ground for prominent journalists who have gone on to shape the national media landscape.
MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN ILLINOIS
Anchored by one of the nation's largest metropolitan media markets, the local newspaper industry features a stark contrast between massive urban dailies and heavily consolidated rural publications. The Alden Global Capital-owned Chicago Tribune dominates statewide circulation alongside the Chicago Sun-Times, now operating as a nonprofit entity under Chicago Public Media. Beyond the city limits, the employee-owned Daily Herald serves the extensive suburban ring, while Gannett controls major downstate dailies like the Peoria Journal Star. The region also sustains a historic African American press, highlighted by the influential Chicago Defender and community papers like the Austin Weekly News. Paperboy indexes 228 Illinois newspapers — browse the full directory below.
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