2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (369+ words) Our June fundraiser has begun! Will you support local news in Oak Park and River Forest? Wednesday Journal won14editorial awards and took third place for General Excellence in thelarge circulation category of theannual Illinois Press Association Best of the Press contest....

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (873+ words) Ben'Protess, OPRF "02, brought his wife and kids to the New York Times" newsroom in early May for the celebration honoring his team"s 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.' "It was special to have them there to see our team"s…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (309+ words) On March 26, 2026 I checked into my new home at Mac Kenzie Place in Fort Collins, Colorado. So what's the big deal? The big deal is that this new address is my second retirement community in the last five years. How…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (281+ words) On Sept. 26, 2025, I showed up to the Broadview ICE Detention facility to stand up for our immigrant neighbors. I had no way of knowing that morning what a profound impact that choice would have on my life " that a month…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (736+ words) Surveying the Percy Julian Middle School conference room table Thursday morning with Wednesday Journal editor Dan Haley, it'occurred to me that I never had the journalistic opportunity that the students around the table have already had.' I'didn't'have a student newspaper…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (281+ words) The news and design staff of Wednesday Journal, Austin Weekly News, Forest Park Review and Riverside-Brookfield Landmark has won 43 awards in the 2025 Illinois Press Association editorial contest it was announced last week." The Review topped the list of winners with…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (577+ words) There's a funny contradiction we don't talk about enough. We spend a lot of time worrying about how much our kids are on social media and the risks that come with it. What gets less airtime is that the adults…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (136+ words) a national moment to reconnect with and support the trusted local newsrooms that keep our communities informed, connected, and accountable. This year, for us, that celebration comes with something new and meaningful. For decades, our publications have been dedicated to…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (290+ words) Journalism had a bad day when the Washington Post decided recently to cut its staff by more than a third. It was just the latest squall in a blizzard of newspaper closings and contractions." Those cuts made us check our…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (213+ words) Growing Community Media is hosting two reader events in October. Both focus on the importance of journalism in this moment and looking back generations to Watergate." Alongside the League of Women Voters of Oak Park and River Forest, on Thursday,…...