A project by Hack4Impact UIUC in collaboration with South Side Weekly
Background • Usage • Technologies • Team • Setup • License
South Side Weekly (SSW) is a nonprofit newspaper dedicated to supporting cultural and civic engagement on the South Side of Chicago, as well as developing emerging journalists, writers, and artists. The Weekly covers a range of topics, including politics, the arts, public interest issues, as well as poetry, fiction, and local artwork.
The majority of The Weekly's staff are volunteers, with their main contributor base coming from their readers themselves. SSW is is currently in need of a volunteer hub that can streamline the onboarding process and help volunteers and staff keep track of pitches, assignments, and contributions.
The latest version of this application can be found at hub.southsideweekly.com.
To install and set up locally, follow the instructions in the /client and /api directories.
This application is built with React + Semantic UI, Typescript, Express, MongoDB/Mongoose, and tested with Cypress and Jest. Vercel is used for automatic deployment.
 Sahithi Muthyala Product Manager |
 Amit Sawhney Technical Lead |
 Bryan Ge Product Designer |
 Alice Fang Former Technical Lead |
 Mustafa Ali Former Product Designer |
 Danielle Yang Software Developer |
 Eugenia Chen Software Developer |
 Aditya Jain Software Developer |
 Andrew Lester Software Developer |
 Neha Konjeti Software Developer |
 Andy Wong Software Developer |
 Zora Zhang Software Developer |
 Ayan Mallik Software Developer |
The following is a guide to run this repository.
Install yarn (Node.js required)
npm install --global yarnWithin a local directory of your choosing, please run either
git clone https://github.com/hack4impact-uiuc/south-side-weekly.gitgit clone [email protected]:hack4impact-uiuc/south-side-weekly.gitSSH will only work if your SSH keys are properly setup.
Create a file called .env here, in the root of the api directory.
PROD_MONGO_URL=
DEV_MONGO_URL=
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=
GOOGLE_CALLBACK_URL=http://localhost:9000/api/auth/redirectURI
SESS_SECRET=
[email protected]
EMAIL_PASS=
FE_URI=http://localhost:3000
For any missing fields, please reach out to Amit.
In the client directory, follow the README.md in the respective directory.
In the api directory, follow the README.md in the respective directory.
MIT licensed. Copyright © 2020 Hack4Impact UIUC.