City Bureau

Since 2015, City Bureau has been at the forefront of a movement to reimagine journalism as a public good. Our programs inform, engage and equip people to strengthen information systems in communities underserved by existing media. We are a nonprofit civic journalism lab with a focus on racial equity and community engagement, serving Chicago's South & West Sides. These efforts have earned us accolades including the Best Start-Up Award (Chicago Headline Club), Online News Association, and numerous press spotlights including on ABC7, WTTW11 and MSNBC.

In 2019 we won the Rising Star Award (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press):

And we have been featured in the "What Works" series for POLITICO magazine.