We’re exploring how AI might empower, not replace, trained and paid community members who are building civic power by documenting local government meetings.
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This community engagement leader is joining our team to build and coach Chicago Documenters.
From Detroit to Los Angeles, Documenters are helping people track public spending, fight misinformation, and bring overlooked local issues into the spotlight.
This pastor turned policy advocate is joining our team to build pathways from civic learning to action
This Egyptologist is joining our team to support and equip sites across the Documenters Network.
This former Documenter is joining our team to support and grow sites across the Documenters Network.
City Bureau and Cook County announce the inaugural recipients of the Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants Program
Calling it as we see it!
The city’s money nightmare before — and after? — Christmas.
This Idaho-based innovation strategist is joining our team to drive user-centered product design that can be of service to City Bureau’s communities
City Bureau partners with Cook County to launch the Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants Program.
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.
Our programs equip people with skills and connections rooted in Chicago and beyond
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.
5 ways we focused on making our Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation more accessible to the people who need these stories and resources most