We are thrilled to announce that @MacFound has invested $1 million in our civic journalism lab on Chicago’s South Side, as part of the Jack Fuller Legacy Initiative. It's a major vote of confidence in our vision for equitable, inclusive local media medium.com/city-bureau/wh… /1
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Civic journalism lab on Chicago’s South Side. Reporting Fellows, @CHIdocumenters, #DocumentersNetwork & #PublicNewsroom. Building a participatory media movement
- 🥳🎉We’re excited to share big news!🥳🎉 City Bureau and the #DocumentersNetwork won the Stronger Democracy Award which will bring $10 million of funding to expand our participatory civic media network across the country. Here we go! 🧵 (1/9)
- ✨ We are incredibly proud to share that City Bureau Senior Reporter @sarahanneconway and @invinst Data Director Trina Reynolds-Tyler have won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for their investigation “Missing in Chicago!Replying to @PulitzerPrizes @hannahdreier and 3 otherscitybureau.orgCity Bureau and Invisible Institute win 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting — City BureauCity Bureau and Invisible Institute, two nonprofit newsrooms based in Chicago, have won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for the “Missing in Chicago” series, written by Sarah Conway and...
- 🔎 One of our first investigations ever was featured on @LastWeekTonight! Check out the work of former fellows @yanazure and @samstecklow, copublished with @Chicago_Reader, about how police unions have influenced crime reporting in Chicago and beyond 👇
- Thank you, Malik. For your joyful spirit, your thoughtfulness and kindness, and all that you shared with us and those who you mentored. This is a devastating loss for Chicago and the communities you cared for—we’re thankful to have been part of your journey
- Launching TODAY: Your city officials are making big decisions. We’re making it easy to keep tabs at Documenters.org—starting in #Chicago and #Detroit. Let’s reimagine accountability ⚡️
00:00 - Introducing the Chicago COVID Resource Finder ℹ️ Access updated, verified info on food, housing, legal aid, +more during the coronavirus pandemic. covid.citybureau.org Need SMS access? 📲 Text "covid" to (312) 436-2280
00:00 - For every $1 banks loaned in Chicago’s white neighborhoods, they invested just 12 cents in the city’s Black neighborhoods and 13 cents in Latinx areas. Read & listen ➡️ our new series on home lending w/ @WBEZWith racial injustice at the center of the national conversation, WBEZ and @city_bureau present a new analysis on how much banks and other lenders invest in Chicago’s white, black and Latino neighborhoods. bit.ly/3eMTgAs
- 🧵 Our two-year investigation with @invinst on #ChicagoMissingPersons reveals disproportionate impact on Black women and girls. In partnership with @invinst, we investigated how Chicago Police handle missing person cases. chicagomissingpersons.com
- They’re BACK! Our interactive #2020election results maps for Chicago are now available. Click through to see every race broken down by precinct citybureau.org/newswire/2020/…
- 📣 WE MOVED! City Bureau's new home is the historic landmark Overton Hygienic Building in Bronzeville. We hoped to open our doors with a little more 🎉🍾🎊 but y'all will be invited as soon we can be closer than 6ft apart!
- Today is the last day of @alexarriaga_’s year-long Reporting Residency with us. Since last March, Alexandra has covered immigrant civic participation during the pandemic. Here are some of her amazing accomplishments. /1
- In five years City Bureau has trained over 100 Civic Reporting Fellows & Residents in journalism & community engagement. We’ve learned so much from the folks who have come through our newsroom—now making Big Moves all across the country.
- .@AssataDaughters had a big year—they got $25K from @Kaepernick7 & moved into their own space. Here’s what you should know about this grassroots group: chicagodefender.com/2017/12/14/who…















