This human-centered design expert joins our team to improve our systems and create infrastructure that supports our work.

Documenters surveyed neighbors, siblings and co-workers about the last time the Democratic National Convention was in Chicago and found striking similarities to the present day.

Ahmad Sayles and Bill Garcia are the first Chicago Documenters to reach their 100th assignment covering local public meetings. We asked them to reflect on the past five years.

Since 2018, we’ve equipped a thousand people with the tools of journalism to demystify local government processes. Read about our favorite civic side hustle, what we’ve learned and where we’re headed next.

This Chicago-based organizer, educator, and artist joins our team to develop responsive network-wide trainings and resources for site staff and Documenters around the country.

This talented facilitator and program manager is joining our team to streamline our processes and equip us with resources to strengthen our Documenters programs across the country.

This investigative reporter turned coder is joining our team to build and maintain the tech that fuels our participatory media programs.