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.
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.