About The Red Line Project
Each day, nearly a quarter of a million people board
Chicago's Red Line El train and ride it to work or other destinations.
In all, the city's second-largest El line is 23.4 miles long with 34 stations, and passes through dozens of North Side, South Side and Loop neighborhoods.
Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, and The Red Line Project helps readers better understand and connect with them. The news, entertainment and community site covers neighborhoods located near Chicago's Red Line El stops.
The site was launched by DePaul University College of Communication undergraduate journalism students in Mike Reilley's Online Journalism II course, and continues to be updated by graduate and undergraduate students in his other classes. The site has won many national, regional and local awards in its first two years.
Students report, write and edit stories, photos, multimedia maps, social media and other cutting-edge, cross-platform storytelling tools to capture what's happening in these communities. They also learn about entrepreneurship, mobile media, advertising and website development.
If you would like to use or aggregate content on this site, please follow the guidelines in our Creative Commons 3.0 Unported License.
This site is not affiliated with the Chicago Transit Authority. Also visit our sports site, Chicago Sidelines.
REPORTING FOR CONVERGED NEWSROOMS
Montezz Allen: website | Twitter
Jake Berent: website | Twitter
Amanda Bergmann: website | Twitter
Sade Carpenter: website | Twitter
Michael Collins: website | Twitter
Juan Latapi: website | Twitter
Shellye Leggett: website | Twitter
Serena Phillips: website |
Twitter
Elizabeth Schuetz: website | Twitter
Jacquelyn Thayer: website | Twitter
Ali Trumbull: website | Twitter
Will Wilson: website | Twitter
ONLINE JOURNALISM I
Kipp Burroughs: website | Twitter
Michael Corio: website | Twitter
Nicole Kisich: website | Twitter
Christina Mastro: website | Twitter
Lindsey Murphy: website | Twitter
Charlotte Peters: website | Twitter
Mary Ellen Shoup: website | Twitter
Lydia Slaker: website | Twitter
Emilee Ziesmer: website | Twitter
ONLINE SPORTS REPORTING/CHICAGO SIDELINES
Lauren Allen: website | Twitter
Matt Anderson: website | Twitter
JB Blanchard: website | Twitter
Chris Burrows: website | Twitter
Nadvia Davis: website | Twitter
James Fegan: website | Twitter
Allison Horne: website | Twitter
Edwind McGhee: website | Twitter
Tashara Parker: website | Twitter
Andrew Rodriguez: website | Twitter
Dustin Ruttenberg: website | Twitter
Alvin Sandique: website | Twitter
Mary Ellen Shoup: website | Twitter
Scott
Sutton: website | Twitter
David Webber: website | Twitter
Steve Wojcik: website | Twitter
Mike Reilley, instructor: website | Twitter | Delicious
Ryann Rumbaugh, teaching assistant
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