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Alone among Chicago media, Catalyst Chicago reaches leaders in every corner of the city – from the grassroots to downtown, from parents to policy makers. It does this through trusted, award-winning publications and services designed to meet the varying needs of our broad-based audience.

Advertise in Catalyst

Join us in reaching these audiences.

Catalyst In Depth, our flagship print quarterly, goes to every local school council member as well as civic, education and philanthropic leaders at the city and state levels.

Catalyst In the Know, our parent newsletter, goes to more than 90,000 parents.

The Catalyst website—www.catalyst-chicago.org—engages a diverse audience through news stories, analyses, guest essays, a community calendar and specialized topic areas.

The Catalyst weekly e-alert goes out to 6,000 individuals involved in some aspect of school improvement.

Catalyst public forums attract up to 250 leaders.

Catalyst offers uncommon value.

For additional information on advertising, contact Al Shaw at (312) 427-4830 or ashaw@communityrenewalsociety.org. For information on sponsorships, contact Publisher Linda Lenz at (312) 673-3848 or lenz@catalyst-chicago.org.

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Catalyst Chicago is a member of the Chicago Independent Ad Network, 15 high-quality news and information sites that together offer advertisers more than 1.1 million page views.

For information about advertising in the network, contact Kathy Chapman, at (773) 966-2720 or kathy@chicagoindyads.com.

Network members are: Beachwood Reporter | Center Square Journal | Chicago News Cooperative | The Chicago Reporter | Community Media Workshop | Edgeville Buzz | Evanston Now | Gapers Block | The Local Tourist | Mindful Metropolis | Neighborhood Parents Network | Reel Chicago | Roscoe View Journal | Windy Citizen

Ad Sizes and Rates

CATALYST IN DEPTH
4-color magazine | 7,000 copies | Published October, January, April, July
Full page: $2,200
Bleed: 9.75" x 11.75"
No Bleed: 8.5" x 10.1"
Half page,
back cover: $1,500

Horiz: 8.5" x 4.97"
Half page,
inside: $1,100

Horiz: 8.5" x 4.97"
Quarter page,
back: $650

Horiz: 8.5" x 2.4"
Vert: 4.18" x 4.97"
CATALYST IN THE KNOW
2-color newsletter | 100,000 copies
Published November and April
CATALYST E-BLAST
Email newsletter | 6,000 recipients
Published every Wednesday morning
Back cover: $500
Horiz: 2.25" x 2"
Left sidebar: $250
Vert: 130px x 260 px
CATALYST WEBSITE
Home page,
banner: $500

728px x 490px
All pages,
banner: $750

728px x 490px
All pages, rectangle: $600
Horiz: 300px x 250px
Home page, sidebar: $300
Vert: 180px x 225px
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