The Chicago Reporter is an award-winning investigative news magazine that covers issues of race, poverty and immigration in Illinois.  The not-for-profit news source is part of the larger 501(c)3 entity The Community Renewal Society.  The staff’s expertise hunting down and analyzing data which can then be used by lawmakers, educators, non-profit leaders and the media, has brought to light systemic problems and led to major reforms in city, state and national legislation.

Here is the video brochure Kick Start Marketing Chicago and Stagechannel created for The Chicago Reporter – which was a component in a larger subscription marketing plan, to inform the public of its mission and impact.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company's Night and Day illustration by Robert Petrick

For the past several weeks, Kick Start Marketing has had the pleasure of coordinating a free public event for Remy Bumppo Theatre Company.  Inspired by the company’s current, critically-acclaimed production of Tom Stoppard’s satire of British news media Night and Day, Kick Start secured sponsors and panelists for a journalist panel entitled “Is the Truth Front Page News?”

Lending their expertise to the discussion are journalists Ramsin Canon, political editor and co-founder of Gaper’s Block, Alden K. Loury, publisher of The Chicago Reporter, Mary Mitchell, columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times and Timothy J. McNulty co-director of Medill School of Journalism‘s National Security Initiative. The panel discussion will be moderated by Richard Steele, host of WBEZ‘s “Eight Forty-Eight.”

Launching the panel discussion will be short excerpts from Night and Day about the risks and responsibilities of foreign correspondents.  The evening’s topics might include: sound bites v.s. investigative reporting, bloggers v.s. media giants, and what consumers should consider when choosing a news source.  Expect some frank, possibly heated, potentially funny, and ultimately enthralling conversation about the real world journalists inhabit.  For anyone who works or aspires to work in the media, collaborates with the media — or is a regular news consumer — this is a don’t miss event.

“Is the Truth Front Page News?” takes place Monday, Oct. 11 at 7:00 p.m. (doors open for general seating at 6:30 pm) at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.  Seating is limited to 200 – and reservations are recommended.  Reserve your spot on Remy Bumppo’s online events calendar, or call 773.244.8119.

If you can’t secure a spot or just can’t make the date – don’t fret, you can find it on WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified archives soon.