Our Docs do it all😎 stayed tuned for some awesome reporting from our latest cohort of Civic Reporting Fellows!

🗣 Calling all #Chicago baddies in media & journalism!! City Bureau is throwing one heck of an end-of-year celebration (& fundraiser)!! it's pay-what-you-can and includes eats by a local chef (🥙🫒🇱🇧) and open bar (👀) by Whiner Brewery!! Come thru!! citybureau.org/events/2023-en…

🗣️As 2023 comes to a close (and the running Google Doc in which we draft the #Newswire literally will not let us make any more suggestions/edits)… We asked our Chi Docs to share what they've learned and their goals for 2024. Here’s what they had to say: tinyurl.com/Newswire1222

Today I was thinking a lot about City Hall pre-2020, specifically the March 2019 meeting where No Cop Academy was put to a vote. I showed up late, joining a huge crowd on the 2nd floor, waiting outside the chambers while the vote took place - those days are a thing of the past.

📣 Hey, you! Check out this ✨Crash Course in Voting in the March 19, 2024 Elections (and share it!)✨ ➡️Can you vote in this election? ➡️Need to register to vote? ➡️Voting from home in Chicago? Answers to these questions & more!⬇️ tinyurl.com/Newswire38

.Dilpreet Raju, who never misses, wrote an excellent deep dive examining the fall of Heartland Alliance for Chicago Reader--just dropped today. chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

Hyde Park Union Church, at 5600 S. Woodlawn Ave., received a final recommendation from the Landmarks Commission. Funded in part by John D. Rockefeller, the 1906 building exemplifies the Richardsonian Romanesque style, and a 1926 addition incorporates Classical Revival elements.

Hannah Dreier The New York Times Sarah Stillman The New Yorker Congratulations to Sarah Conway, Trina Reynolds-Tyler, City Bureau and Invisible Institute. #Pulitzer

Betsy’s closing out this session on abundance mindset and communication culture in newsrooms with this visualization on murmurations

Good morning and happy first day of #ChiBudgetSzn FY2025🤑 We’re here at City Hall where Mayor Brandon Johnson is about to introduce his second city budget amidst a $982 million deficit. Read more here⬇️ citybureau.org/newswire/2024/…

🤑Join us Friday, Dec. 13 at 10am to play #ChiBudgetBingo as City Council votes on the 2025 Chicago City budget. We'll LIVE-TWEET the meeting @ChiDocumenters - tag us with a pic of your bingo set up for a prize👀 Get your own bingo card & other info now⬇️ bit.ly/3ZC6cSS

📢 Today is #DocumentersDay! Join us in celebrating the people who make local democracy more accessible across the country. Chicago Documenters have covered 2500+ local meetings this year, ensuring you stay informed about decisions that affect your community. citybureau.org/donate