Gazette Chicago (formerly the Near West Gazette and then Near West/ South Gazette) is a monthly newspaper covering the Near West/Tri-Taylor, University Village, West Loop, South Loop, West Haven, Bridgeport/Armour Square, Chinatown, Bronzeville, West Town, and Heart of Chicago communities of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In 1983, native Chicago Near West Sider Mark J. Valentino at age 24 started the Near West Gazette with no financial backing other than his own small savings.
Editor and Publisher Valentino added business partner and Associate Editor William S. Bike to the publication, and Gazette Chicago was underway.
These are communities of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, Croatian-Americans, Polish-Americans, Lithuanian-Americans, and well-to-do professionals and gentrifiers who would have few bridges to each other without the Gazette, which covers all their news.
Gazette Chicago since 1993 has won more than 70 local, national, and even international journalism awards.