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.

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Jan 27, 2025 · City Bureau spoke with Theodore in 2024 to learn more about the day labor market in Chicago and what newly arrived migrants should know to stay safe. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. How does anti-immigrant rhetoric hurt day laborers? [Day laborers are] very visible in public spaces and in the media. Violent anti-immigrant forces often target day laborers, and we saw a ...

Summer 2022: Major development projects are unfolding across Chicago’s West and South sides. Who benefits? And what is the role of the city's limited public dollars in creating affordable housing?

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Jan 15, 2025 · News coverage of Chicago, produced by City Bureau reporters and Documenters. To see special projects created in our Civic Reporting Programs, go to Collections .

Jan 22, 2025 · News coverage of Chicago, produced by City Bureau reporters and Documenters. To see select projects created in our Civic Reporting Programs, go to Collections .

Our Mission & Vision City Bureau is a journalism lab reimagining local media. We do this by equipping people with skills and resources, engaging in critical public conversations and producing information that directly addresses people’s needs. Drawing from our work in Chicago, we aim to equip every community with the tools it needs to …

City Scrapers is a community open source project designed to scrape, standardize and share information on local public governance meetings in a central database, in conjunction with City Bureau's Documenters program.

We’re in a key moment in our movement to democratize the tools of journalism, and in this past year we thought deeply about how City Bureau can continue to evolve its structure to support our work moving forward. Dive into our 2023 Annual Report and Yearbook for the full picture on where we’ve been and where we’re going. You’ll see so many …