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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.
Two City Bureau fellows on why they chose to center community voices in their award-nominated audio/photo essay.
What does this year’s curated series have in store?
Reporters from the Atlanta neighborhood most affected by the 2009 school cheating scandal look at how students are faring years later.
We’re announcing a (working) break to reinvigorate City Bureau’s longest-running program: the reporting fellowship.
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.