City Bureau is a nonprofit civic media organization based on the South Side of Chicago. We bring journalists and communities together in a collaborative spirit to produce media that is impactful, equitable and responsive to the public.

In November 2022, former Chicago Documenter Sebastián González de León founded the San Pedro Gazette in St. Petersburg, Florida, an independent newsroom with a mission to “create an informed, empowered, and critical public by creating impact-oriented journalism” and was accepted into the Google News Initiative Pre-Launch Lab.His time as a Documenter influenced him and how he shaped the ...

Project conceived by Alma Campos, Civic Reporting Fellowship alum Writing and reporting by Alma Campos, Sarah Conway and Phoebe Mogharei. Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community?

Jan 27, 2025 · On an unseasonably warm day, more than 100 day laborers stand on the curb between two large Home Depot parking lots in Chatham. Venezuelans take up the corner, and Senegalese migrants stand in the middle. Ecuadorians and Colombians are at the far end of the strip. Everyone is looking for work, and ...

1 day ago · Raymond Thompson, a lifelong South Sider, has made it his life’s work to help improve the foundation of his community in order to uplift the youth of the present. After receiving a master’s degree in social service administration from the University of Chicago, Thompson worked five years in ...

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Jan 15, 2025 · City Bureau spoke with more than a dozen migrant day laborers who said wage theft, sub-minimum wage rates, and clashes with Home Depot security personnel — including off-duty Chicago Police Department officers — have made it precarious for them to look for work.

Feb 9, 2024 · The City Bureau network has grown exponentially over the past few years, spreading to 15 cities in 11 states across the country. We just welcomed our first executive director (hi, Morgan Malone!).Through it all, our editorial approach is both local and rooted in complex, nuanced narratives — the sticky ones so often tied to deeper, systemic issues that evade political resolution, where ...

Morgan Malone, Executive Director. Morgan is City Bureau’s Executive Director. With a strong background in administrative operations, city government, inclusive placemaking, and economic development, Morgan brings experience in community-driven partnerships, complex systems change, organizing and advocacy, and social impact program design to City Bureau.

6,100 Total Documenters assignments completed across the network. 200+ Newly trained Chicago Documenters 300+ Chicago public meetings covered through Documenters assignments 680 Government bodies tracked by Documenters nationally. 14 …