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City Bureau
@city_bureau
Civic journalism lab on Chicago’s South Side. Reporting Fellows, @CHIdocumenters, #DocumentersNetwork & #PublicNewsroom. Building a participatory media movement
Chicago, IL
Joined August 2015
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    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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    🥳🎉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)
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    ✨ 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!
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    🔎 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 👇
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    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
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    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 ⚡️
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    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
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    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/ @WBEZ
    With 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
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    🧵 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
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    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/…
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    📣 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!
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    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
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    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.
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    .@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…