The 2017 Chicago Media List via rachaelpr.com is free to protest organizers and grassroots groups. My 300+ contact 2017 Chicago Media List is free to protest organizers and grassroots groups without significant funding. This year’s list includes: • 300 Chicago journalist contacts including reporters and editors at every major local outlet. 50 new contacts not … Continue reading 2017 Chicago Media List: Free For Activists
Press Releases: Five New Rules for the Mobile Age
Contacting the Media: 5 Things to Stop Doing in 2017
The public relations game changes as fast as the news cycle. If you're still contacting reporters and outlets the same way you did in 2016 (or 2006) it's time for an upgrade.
#FedUpFriday: CPS Students Rally Against Budget Cuts at Thompson Center
Students from CPS schools all over the city will rally today, Friday, February 26th, at the Thompson Center, 100 W Randolph St, at 4:30 PM. Students are gathering together in solidarity with those at schools most harshly affected by the announced cuts to school funding and plan to speak out against these drastic cuts. February … Continue reading #FedUpFriday: CPS Students Rally Against Budget Cuts at Thompson Center
Lincoln Park High Students Walk Out Against CPS Budget Cuts
Today at 9:55 AM, students from Lincoln Park High School walked out of class and met outside in the mall, at 2001 N Orchard Street in Chicago, to speak out against the drastic budget cuts announced Tuesday by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the intolerable consequences faced by students, teachers and the community as a … Continue reading Lincoln Park High Students Walk Out Against CPS Budget Cuts
#BudgetOrElse: Rally Monday to Save CSU
In a press release today, student organizers at Chicago State University (CSU), a mostly Black institution located on the south side of Chicago, say they will rally Monday, Feb. 8th against the school's imminent closure. The rally will be held at 11:00 AM at the James R. Thompson Center, 100 W Randolph St. in Chicago. … Continue reading #BudgetOrElse: Rally Monday to Save CSU
Student Organizers Make Their Voices Heard in Chicago
Early Thursday morning I sent out a press release written by a group of Chicago student organizers who are fighting endless cuts and underfunded public schools. It was about a march they held today that went three miles through the Chicago slush. Organizers say today's action was focused on educational equality and teacher layoffs. - … Continue reading Student Organizers Make Their Voices Heard in Chicago