A couple of weeks ago at AJPalooza—a convening of local news leaders hosted by the American Journalism Project—nearly a dozen people asked me some version of this question: “With AI transcription, why ...

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

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

The proposed wealth tax, or “millionaires tax,” would implement an additional 3% income tax on those making more than $1 ...

All Documenters across our communities are invited to join City Bureau staff for an interactive workshop focused on pod-mapping! Any Documenter from any community can join this event—regardless of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From neighborhood issues to public meetings, people are constantly trying to make sense of what’s happening around them. In this workshop, we’ll share what we heard from Chicagoans during a recent ...

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.

Join City Bureau and Grist to learn the basics of disaster preparedness and response, share lived experiences, and connect with others who want their communities to be more resilient to climate change ...