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For nine years, we’ve been creating programs and pathways to make democratic processes more tangible and accessible to everyone. Our supporters have driven this work from the very beginning. Your contribution affirms and sustains the transformative model City Bureau has been cultivating since our founding.

With support from the people who believe in and invest in our work, City Bureau has: 

  • Hosted 156 Public Newsrooms to connect people with critical civic information and foster dialogue

  • Equipped 3,600+ Documenters to cover local public meetings in 14 states, 24 counties and counting

  • Trained and mentored 157 Civic Reporting Fellows to produce groundbreaking community-based journalism

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Help sustain hyper-local and national impact.

City Bureau’s Documenters Network is launching new sites in Ohio, California, Texas, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania!

We’re thrilled to welcome our newest sites dedicated to transparency in local government.

Expanding civic participation for hyper-local impact

Our programs equip people with skills and connections rooted in Chicago and beyond

What Addressing Digital Equity in Cook County Means for Community Storytelling

City Bureau partners with Cook County to launch the Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants Program.

City Bureau and Invisible Institute win 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for “Missing in Chicago”

Reporters Sarah Conway and Trina Reynolds-Tyler honored by the Pulitzer Prize Board on Monday afternoon

 

Building the future of journalism for nine years and counting!