Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community? The People’s Guide to Community Benefits ...

The City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellowship is a paid, 16-week opportunity for emerging journalists looking to grow their skills in reporting, community engagement and leadership. Fellows attend weekly ...

At City Bureau we believe that anyone can be informed, engaged and equipped to be a local news producer. With new infrastructure and an institutional commitment to democratizing local media the ...

Driving around Black neighborhoods in Chicago, you see a lot of currency exchanges. While reporting on wealth in Black communities this summer, Tonia Hill wanted to know what their impact is on ...

It’s time for our fifth annual #ChiBudgetBingo, when we brainstorm a bingo board of things that could happen at City Council’s budget vote meeting, Chicago Documenters give you a play-by-play of the ...

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Follow along with us on Twitter/X and Instagram as we live-tweet the city budget vote. This webpage will also be updated as bingo squares are called. Sonal Soni is providing our regular Chicago ...

Chicago Documenters is our local hub for civic action and public oversight of local government through local media. We train and pay Chicagoans like you to attend public meetings and publish the ...

Spring 2024: How do teens and young adults access mental health services in Chicago — and what sort of resources do they need most? Led by City Bureau engagement reporter Jerrel Floyd, four emerging ...

The story of Black generational wealth in Chicago is expansive. From the founding of the city by Black Haitian-American Jean Baptiste Point du Sable to the Great Migration to now, Black people have ...

This year, City Bureau partnered with Cook County to design and implement. the Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants Program, a groundbreaking initiative designed to promote digital inclusion through ...

Leaving Wellesley College wasn’t a choice for Jess Maciuch — it was a necessity. After experiencing debilitating fatigue and brain fog, Maciuch (pronounced “maw-choo”) used her biology background to ...