In this Public Newsroom, we’ll learn how community organizations have stepped up to offer sustained support, shifting from rapid response to long term organizing, and what you can do to get involved.

Ex: The Chicago Park District’s new automated parking system uses license plate readers to track when you enter and exit a ...

Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers may get credits on bills over the next three years after the utility giants ...

In this workshop, you will create a custom preparedness resource for you and your family, and start to coordinate adaptations of the larger toolkit with others in your area. We’ll hear from Docs who ...

Whether you are an experienced documenter or someone who is looking to sharpen build their knowledge base this workshop will sharpen your ear, strengthen your note taking, and boost public ...

Documenter Debrief is a space for Documenters to come together, reflect, and make sense of what we’re witnessing inside Cook County courtrooms.

Together, we’ll reflect on what’s working, what’s missing, and where we can do better. Whether you’ve documented one meeting or many, your perspective will help us build a template that is clearer, ...

Documenter Debrief is a space for Documenters to come together, reflect, and make sense of what we’re witnessing across local public meetings. From city council to city colleges, commission on landmar ...

Inner-City Muslim Action Network’s Green ReEntry program has been helping men rejoin their communities after incarceration ...

You likely already know Jody. She’s not new to City Bureau—or to the work of building civic infrastructure. She joined the organization in 2022 as Documenters Network Deputy Director, rose to Managing ...

Years pass, budgets are approved, but people are still confused. In the weeks after Chicago finalized its $16.8 billion budget, City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellows spoke to South and West siders about ...

Queer Black Chicagoans have no trouble naming the mentors who inspired them as they shaped their young lives. For Leslie Givens, it was Boris Powell, a Chicago-based fashion designer who was “always ...