Crowdsourced guidelines for journalists tackling the topic.
Our award-winning Documenters program is shaping a new kind of accountability for local government, from Chicago to São Paulo.
Chicagoans across the city have shared their own hopes for their neighborhoods. Will you join?
City Bureau is expanding our government transparency work to Cleveland and Akron, in partnership with the Cleveland Foundation and Akron Community Foundation.
The two artists—and headliners of next month’s Soap Box Ball celebration—share how they met, what they’re collaborating on and what City Bureau’s mission means to them.
Get paid to guest curate three workshops in Fall 2019.
How do we hold our alderpeople accountable in between elections? We’re kicking off a month-long workshop series with Chicago United for Equity.
And which are we prioritizing? It’s time for an information hierarchy of needs.
A City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellow reflects on building trust with people on such an intimate, personal topic.
The zine, entitled After the Trial, helps prisoners and their loved ones navigate post-conviction litigation in Illinois courts.
Over the next 11 weeks, we'll be pursuing big-picture stories related to the 2020 Census and demographic change in Chicago.
Timuel Black on the Art of Oral History.
After four years we’ve moved from experimentation to practice and realize it’s time to define ourselves for ourselves.
This spring, City Bureau reporters experimented with tools and products to get people involved in our work. Here’s what we learned.
The May 16 Public Newsroom was organized by the journalists behind this special Austin Weekly News’ Maternal Health Issue.
We’ll be back August 1 for a month-long review of our new City Council.
Sebastián Hidalgo on what it takes to practice a collective visual approach.
To reimagine and repair local news, democratize the journalistic process.
The City Bureau network is full of incredibly committed community builders. Their contributions are at the bedrock of what we do and a fundamental part of what makes City Bureau a force for change. Get acquainted with the City Bureau family as part of our new blog series Between Friends.
The City Bureau network is full of incredibly committed community builders. Their contributions are at the bedrock of what we do and a fundamental part of what makes City Bureau a force for change. Get acquainted with the City Bureau family as part of our new blog series Between Friends.