Our latest Public Newsroom shows how our banking decisions can transform our communities for the better
This former cross-country story collector and archivist is joining our team to create new partnerships and expand City Bureau’s Documenters program network.
This communications specialist and grassroots community organizer is joining our team to help make City Bureau a more resilient organization with even deeper ties across communities.
This lifelong Pilsen resident and former journalist is joining our team to amplify our work and tell more folks about what we’re building at City Bureau.
While trust in media is low, communities always find ways to share news and information—here’s what we learned from our latest listening project.
We prioritized an easy-to-load website that could display 13 languages and allow SMS access. Read about our process, tools and code.
Reflecting on a cofounder’s legacy
From food banks and emergency cash to mutual aid for South Side seniors, our Chicago COVID Resource Finder is an updated database of more than 1,300 resources filtered online and via text.
We’re hosting monthly webinars to share best practices, resources and tools from mutual aid projects in Chicago and beyond.
The Visual Desk is an editorial support group based in Chicago and made by/for independent visual journalists interested in a more inclusive approach in serving communities they engage in.
This first-generation college graduate got her start in journalism through Documenters and is now an engagement reporter at the Fresno Bee.
City Bureau welcomes reporters Alex Arriaga and Justin Agrelo to the team.
Last year we embarked on a process to define what impact means for a people-centered, community news lab.
Romulo, who recently won a Voqal Fellowship, reflects on what she learned at City Bureau and why she started a bilingual news site in a west Chicago suburb.
Get free writing advice, sign up for free trainings & paid assignments via Documenters and meet up with other mediamakers in the city.
Three years after launching our Public Newsroom with your support, we are transforming our workshop series based on your feedback.
We’re hiring two full-time Reporting Residents—plus updates on our Reporting Fellowship and a new Managing Editor.
Felicia Holman shares reflections on her Public Newsroom curated series and resources for designing your own brave space.
Government transparency and access to civic information is important to their communities, residents told us.
What American Journalism Project means for City Bureau’s civic newsroom.