The Bridgeport News is a weekly Chicago Community Non-Partisan Independent Newspaper that serves the Bridgeport, Canaryville, Armour Square, Chinatown, McKinley Park and Dearborn Park neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. The paper functions largely as a community news/announcements publication with numerous classified and display advertisements. The newspaper is distributed free door to door in their circulation boundaries of 22nd on the North/49th Street on the South/The Dan Ryan Expressway on the East/Western Ave. on the West every Wednesday. The full publication is also available online at their website www.bridgeportnews.net.
The newspaper was founded in 1939 and has been serving the community for over 70 years with a weekly circulation of 25,300 copies.
The Bridgeport News Birder is a beloved column to many Bridgeport residents which provides both historical and contemporary insight on birds and birding.