PITCHES WANTED: Block Club is looking for Pride Month stories based in Chicago!

Think:
🌈 Feature on Chicago LGBTQ+-owned business.
🌈 Looking back on a piece of lesser-known local LGBTQ+ history.
🌈 Highlighting an advocate/group that uplifts LGBTQ+ Chicagoans. (🧵 1/3)

WHITE SOX v CUBS: Which team do you root for/why? What do you think are the biggest differences between the teams? What do you care about most in a baseball team? Would you root for the others if they were in the WS? Your answer/name may be included in a story I'm working on! ⚾️

NEW: This vacant bungalow is owned by the CHA — and now it's a drug stash house.

After bullets pierced their walls, neighbors surrounded by the drug trade are desperate for help. The home has been left empty for years.

But the CHA & police point fingers. buff.ly/3UuYyHk

What's it like to live on a block that is home to a booming illegal drug market?

What's it like to have bullets pierce your walls?

Mick Dumke shares the story of neighbors desperate for help.

The CHA owns this home and has left it vacant for 7 years. blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/07/thi…

Joe Ward Madison Savedra This also means we're hiring!
▪️ Pilsen, Little Village + Back of the Yards reporter: buff.ly/3QqmnyP
▪️ West Side reporter: buff.ly/4a38AFk

In the meantime, we'll be working w/ freelancers so those areas are covered. Pitch us at [email protected]

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't attend slain Officer Luis Huesca's funeral after Huesca's family told him to stay away. blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/29/may…

Does anyone have a favorite ice cream shop here in town? Know of one that's opened in the last year? I'm working on Block Club Chicago's annual Chicago ice cream shop roundup and would love to add some new ones!

What’s happening in Chicago’s news ecosystem is so special, and we’re proud to be a part of it.

Thank you, John Palfrey, for highlighting @blockclubchi’s work and all local news that “knits communities together” in your 2024 MacArthur Foundation essay.

Read it here: macfound.org/about/reflecti…

The king has returned 👑🐦!!
Imani The Piping Plover Has Returned To Montrose Beach blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/25/ima… via Kelly Bauer & @ColinBPhoto / Block Club Chicago

It's me, I'm the neighbor. Pour out a mimosa for the place I took my twins for sugar cookies approx 5 million times; Cafe Selmarie will be so missed! Was rough to write but grateful to get to cover for Block Club Chicago. Thx for all the cookies (and mimosas)

blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/25/end…

NEW: An influential West Loop nonprofit has relaunched with a new mission ... but is keeping who's behind it a secret because its president says she fears “cyberbullying” from a neighbor.

Grab your popcorn, this one is worth the read.

blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/25/inf…

Different kind of game — but same kind of trolling.

NEW: Is it time to fire CTA boss Dorval Carter?

Gov. Pritzker has joined the chorus of critics calling for a leadership change at the CTA as the agency continues to struggle with service. buff.ly/3U8b8fe

A huge congratulations to @blockclubchi Senior Editor Kelly Bauer, who is being honored with NIU Department of Communication’s Distinguished Alumna Award tonight!

We could not be more proud of her.
blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/19/blo…

Got some news! This week I joined the heroic staff Block Club Chicago and couldn't be more thrilled about it. I'll be covering Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Northalsted, Wrigleyville and Old Town.

For any tips, story ideas or just to say hey — [email protected].

Off we go!

JUST IN: Cops who shot at Dexter Reed had a history of traffic stops drivers say were unwarranted, new documents show. buff.ly/4aPS7VN

New video shows Dexter Reed shooting a cop before officers returned fire 96 times, according to COPA.

Reed was killed in the shootout. Cops pulled over Reed for not wearing a seatbelt, officials said.

WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO: blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/09/pol…