Forest Park Review

Overview

Forest Park Review is a weekly print and digital newspaper serving Forest Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb in Cook County. It publishes every Wednesday. As of Feb. 25, 2026, the title operates under NEWSWELL Chicago, a nonprofit news consortium affiliated with Arizona State University, after its prior nonprofit owner, Growing Community Media NFP, donated the paper along with three sister publications (Wednesday Journal, Austin Weekly News and the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark).

History

Founded Oct. 20, 1917, by Albert L. Hall. The paper was sold to Wednesday Journal Inc. in 1987. Wednesday Journal Inc.'s four Chicago-area titles converted to nonprofit ownership as Growing Community Media NFP around 2019-2020. On Feb. 25, 2026, GCM donated its four titles to NEWSWELL, making them the first Chicago-area publications and the first outside California in NEWSWELL's portfolio.

Notable works

Published a monthly 100-year history retrospective throughout 2017 marking its centennial. Named Illinois' best small weekly newspaper by the Illinois Press Association's Best of the Press contest in both 2025 and 2026, winning the David Kramer Sweepstakes Trophy for General Excellence both years.

Key personnel

General Manager, NEWSWELL Chicago: Max Reinsdorf
Senior Advisor: Dan Haley (co-founder of Wednesday Journal, 1980)
Viewpoints Editor: Ken Trainor
Staff Reporter: Jessica Mordacq
NEWSWELL Executive Director: Nicole Carroll

Audience

Readers in Forest Park, Illinois, and neighboring west-suburban Chicago communities (Oak Park, River Forest, Riverside, Brookfield) served by NEWSWELL Chicago's four publications, plus digital readers of forestparkreview.com.

Location and contact info

Mailing Address
PO Box 6670
River Forest, IL 60305
Phone
708-613-3340
Website
https://www.forestparkreview.com