Atavia Reed is an award-winning journalist currently covering news and culture on Chicago’s South Side at Block Club Chicago.
She received the 2024 Sarah Brown Boyden Award in the Arts for her coverage of an activist’s efforts to help families in a disinvested neighborhood keep their homes.
Her words and images have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, South Side Weekly, A.V. Club, VICE, USA TODAY and The New York Times. She is a former Report For America corps member.
She lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Feature Reporting
For 30 Years, Club Escape Has Been A Haven For South Side Gays: ‘We Stick Together’
How The Great Migration — And Segregation — Built The South Side’s Black-Owned Lounge Culture
Cookie Swap Tradition Has Brought Women Together For 4 Decades On The Far South Side
For 50 Years, The Rink On 87th Has Been A Haven For South Side Skaters
Meet The Watermelon Man, A South Side Legend With The Sweetest Melons In Town
Investigative Reporting
Neighborhood Reporting
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