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Making news together


City Bureau brings people together to produce media that is impactful, equitable and responsive to the public.

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Making news together


City Bureau brings people together to produce media that is impactful, equitable and responsive to the public.

Learn about our programs!

Civic Reporting Programs

Our residency and fellowship train the next generation of Chicago journalists in reporting, writing and community engagement.

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Documenters Network

The Documenters Network has trained more than 3,700 people across nineteen cities to attend and annotate government meetings, harnessing their collective knowledge, relationships, and capacity to create a powerful new information resource.

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Public Newsroom

Our recurring workshop series addresses information needs in our communities, providing resources and a welcoming space for discussion.

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In the news

Upcoming Events

Event calendar
Public Newsroom 157: Building A Resource Guide To Hold Elected Leaders Accountable
Nov 21
Public Newsroom 157: Building A Resource Guide To Hold Elected Leaders Accountable

Join us for our next Public Newsroom at City Bureau where we’ll come together to brainstorm specific strategies to hold elected officials accountable when it comes to Chicago’s first elected school board members and the South Shore CBA.

City Bureau's New Year's Gathering: Forward Together
Jan 23
City Bureau's New Year's Gathering: Forward Together

Join us at Whiner Beer Taproom for a City Bureau New Year’s Gathering, and let’s go forward together! We want to sit in gratitude for each other and share our hopes for Chicago and the world.

Read our latest reporting on migrant labor!

Read Missing in Chicago!

A two-year investigation into how Chicago police handle missing person cases reveals the disproportionate impact on Black women and girls, how police have mistreated family members or delayed cases, and how poor police data is making the problem harder to solve.

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Documenters.org
Documenters.org

Search locations, dates, times and official records for your local government’s public meetings (available in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Akron) and sign up to get trained and paid to document these meetings and publish the results in collaboration with local journalists (available in Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit).

Chicago COVID Resource Finder
Chicago COVID Resource Finder

Looking for resources like health care, legal help, money or food? Our data bank of over 1,300 neighborhood, city, county and state resources can be filtered to easily find what you need. Sort by what is offered, who is eligible (immigrants, families, business owners), languages spoken and location.

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