The Bridgeport News is an American weekly community, non-partisan independent newspaper that serves the Chicago neighborhoods of Bridgeport, Canaryville, Armour Square, Chinatown, McKinley Park and Dearborn Park. 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. Prior to 2020, the full publication was available online at their website www.bridgeportnews.org.^[1]

The newspaper was founded in 1939. It has been serving the community for over 75 years with a weekly certified circulation of 25,300 copies delivered free to homes and businesses.