1. Number of Youth Journalism and News Literacy
Programs Serving Chicago Schools
23 youth journalism and news
literacy organizations were
surveyed about their work with
Chicago youth in 2010.
1 2 Collectively, these organizations:
Directly reached 6,874 young
people in Chicago through youth
journalism and news literacy
programming.
3
Trained more than 153
teachers in journalism and news
literacy curriculum.
Are in 27 schools where more
than one youth journalism or
4 5 news literacy program is active.
Number of Grantees
Serving Each School 6
1 7
2 8
3-4
9 & 10
Other high schools in Chicago
Boundaries
Chicago
Community Area
Schools with 3 or 4 grantees working with them
are identified on the map by number:
1. William Howard Taft High School
2. Northside College Preparatory High School
3. Lane Technical High School
4. Roberto Clemente Community Academy High School
5. Walter Payton College Preparatory High School
6. Henry Ford Academy Power House Charter High School
7. North Lawndale College Prep Charter - Collins
8. Benito Juarez Community Academy High School
9. Greater Lawndale High School For Social Justice
10. Multicultural Arts High School (At Little Village)
McCormick Foundation grantees are also working
with 23 other high schools in the suburbs.
Data Sources: June 2011 Youth Impact Survey conducted online by McCormick Foundation Journalism staff.
Chicago Public Schools Office of Performace, May 2011.
Map produced by Urban Data Visualization Lab, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2011.