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Through our #DocumentersNetwork, we are exploring how AI might empower, not replace, trained & paid community members building civic power by documenting local gov meetings.
https://www.citybureau.org/notebook/2025/6/24/ai-is-increasingly-shaping-local-journalism-how-do-we-keep-people-at-the-center
AI Is Increasingly Shaping Local Journalism. How Do We Keep People at the Center? — City Bureau
We’re exploring how AI might empower, not replace, trained and paid community members who are building civic power by documenting local government meetings.
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September 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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With Chicago roots, we’re thrilled to work in partnership with all of these orgs building #DocumentersNetwork. We’re energized to know that in communities from Atlanta to Akron, Wichita to Los Angeles, Documenters are making local info more accessible. www.citybureau.org/notebook/wer...
Oklahoma and Oregon Join City Bureau’s Documenters Network — City Bureau
We’re kicking off our 9th year of Documenters with two new newsroom partners
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May 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🤝 #DocumentersNetwork Showcase: Engagement Manager Navi takes you BTS of our Peer Exchange Program! San Diego to Dallas, helping to fuel connection, co-learning, & community power 👇
https://www.citybureau.org/notebook/2025/8/19/what-were-learning-from-documenters-programs-across-the-country-part-1
What We’re Learning from Documenters Programs Across the Country (Part 1) — City Bureau
As the Documenters Network continues to expand and sites explore new ways to meet the needs of their communities, City Bureau is creating intentional touchpoints to strengthen the collective work of b...
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August 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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👋 Meet Kristina! This teacher-turned-policy specialist is joining our team to help sustain our thriving #DocumentersNetwork across the country.
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Meet Kristina, City Bureau’s Director of Site Success — City Bureau
This teacher-turned-policy specialist is joining our team to help sustain our thriving network of Documenters across the country.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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We’re #hiring a Product & Operations Support Manager to help our 25+ #DocumentersNetwork programs across the country thrive!

📆 July 13
💰 $71,000
📍 Remote, w/ occasional travel to Chicago
www.citybureau.org/hiring-produ...
June 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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🎉 The #DocumentersNetwork hit $1 MILLION paid to residents for building civic skills & documenting public meetings — including in Detroit! We’re proud to be part of a network of 4500+ people making local government more accessible & supporting neighbors with info they need. #AMillionReasons
May 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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NEW ✨ Check out our #DocumentersNetwork Showcase series where we'll spotlight the stories, impact, and growing network of people and organizations!

Around the U.S., we're shaping participatory media and turning civic information into community power: www.citybureau.org/notebook/how...
How Documenters Are Transforming Community Reporting Around the Country — City Bureau
From Detroit to Los Angeles, Documenters are helping people track public spending, fight misinformation, and bring overlooked local issues into the spotlight.
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May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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✨ We’re proud to see how our #DocumentersNetwork, run in partnership with Free Press Indiana and its flagship newsroom Mirror Indy, is transforming civic engagement across Indiana! @indydocumenters.bsky.social www.theajp.org/free-press-i...
Hundreds of Hoosiers came together to launch a nonprofit local news startup. One year later, here’s how it’s going. - American Journalism Project
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July 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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We’re #hiring a Product & Operations Support Manager to help our 25+ #DocumentersNetwork programs across the country thrive!
📆 July 13
💰 $71,000
📍 Remote, w/ occasional travel to Chicago

Learn more and apply: www.citybureau.org/hiring-produ...
We're Hiring a Product and Ops Support Manager for our Documenters Programs<br/> — City Bureau
We’re seeking a product and operations support manager to help our 20+ Documenters programs across the country thrive!
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June 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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City Bureau's #DocumentersNetwork sites train & pay community members to cover local government meetings.

Join us in harnessing collective knowledge, relationships, and capacity to create a powerful new information resource. documenters.org
Documenters.org: Making Local Government More Accountable
All the info you need on public meetings in your town, in one easy-to-search place. Get TRAINED and PAID to hold your local government accountable. Powered by City Bureau.
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December 12, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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As our first and founding program of City Bureau's #DocumentersNetwork, @chidocumenters.bsky.social has been an engine to gather insights about how our program makes a deep impact.

We recently packed the house with Chicagoans interested in civic action! citybureau.org/documenters
July 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Happy #InternationalDemocracyDay! We’re taking the WHOLE WEEK to celebrate the everyday people powering our #DocumentersNetwork.

We’re kicking off a weeklong fundraiser to keep #DocumentersOnDuty, with the goal to raise $5,000 by September 22! www.citybureau.org/documenters-...
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to @maxresnik.bsky.social, our director of growth for the #DocumentersNetwork! We're so proud he is joining this cohort with @newmarkjplus.bsky.social.
September 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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We're grateful to see the impact of our #DocumentersNetwork written about so intentionally. Thank you!
May 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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💡🤝 #DocumentersNetwork sites are heading to Chicago this month for the 2025 Documenters Summit! The Summit is more than a meeting; it’s a chance to exchange ideas, tools, & a vision for civic power. Stay tuned as we share stories from across the Network!
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October 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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👋 Meet Anastazia, City Bureau’s New #DocumentersNetwork Coordinator!

Based in Cleveland, OH, Anastazia first got involved with her local Docs in 2021. Learn more about her and what she's been bringing to her role:
www.citybureau.org/notebook/mee...
Meet Anastazia, City Bureau’s New Documenters Network Coordinator — City Bureau
This former Documenter is joining our team to support and grow sites across the Documenters Network.
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February 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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🎉 Big News! The #DocumentersNetwork hit $1 MILLION paid to residents for building civic skills and documenting public meetings! That's $1,000,000 paid to community members for documenting local government meetings in 25 communities around the U.S. www.citybureau.org/notebook/202...
A Million Reasons: Celebrating a Major Milestone in the Documenters Network — City Bureau
More than 4,500 Documenters have earned a collective $1 million for their civic participation, and we’re just getting started.
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May 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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It's the last weekend to apply! Join our team and support our growing #DocumentersNetwork 👇
citybureau.bsky.social City Bureau @citybureau.bsky.social · Jun 17
We’re #hiring a Product & Operations Support Manager to help our 25+ #DocumentersNetwork programs across the country thrive!

📆 July 13
💰 $71,000
📍 Remote, w/ occasional travel to Chicago
www.citybureau.org/hiring-produ...
July 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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As #DocumentersNetwork continues to expand & sites explore new ways to meet the needs of their communities, we're creating intentional touchpoints to strengthen our collective work.
https://www.citybureau.org/notebook/2025/8/19/what-were-learning-from-documenters-programs-across-the-country-part-1
What We’re Learning from Documenters Programs Across the Country (Part 1) — City Bureau
As the Documenters Network continues to expand and sites explore new ways to meet the needs of their communities, City Bureau is creating intentional touchpoints to strengthen the collective work of b...
www.citybureau.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Our #DocumentersNetwork has been busy!
📞Detroit: helped residents claim up to $120 million in foreclosure funds
🗣️San Diego: stopped a plan to cut public comment
✍️Bismarck: reclaiming the narrative w/ Indigenous-led news
Learn more about their impact: www.citybureau.org/notebook/how...
How Documenters Are Transforming Community Reporting Around the Country — City Bureau
From Detroit to Los Angeles, Documenters are helping people track public spending, fight misinformation, and bring overlooked local issues into the spotlight.
www.citybureau.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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#Hiring! We’re seeking a Chicago Assignment Coordinator to support our core #DocumentersNetwork program work.

You'll support the day-to-day management of public meeting coverage & people’s information needs.

💰 $57.5k
📍Hybrid in Chi
✍️ Apply by May 12
www.citybureau.org/chicago-assi...
April 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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✨ We’re honored to see Editor & Publisher spotlight our #DocumentersNetwork, now in 24 communities across 16 states! Shoutout to Documenters Director @sonamvashi.bsky.social for leading this civic journalism movement with clarity and care. Read the feature: www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/city...
City Bureau is scaling civic journalism, one Documenter at a time - Editor and Publisher
City Bureau is quietly transforming how local government is covered — by paying thousands of everyday people to attend public meetings and take detailed notes. Since 2016, its Documenters program has ...
www.editorandpublisher.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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🥳 As we enter the ninth year of the #DocumentersNetwork, we’re excited to welcome two new newsrooms in two new states – Oklahoma and Oregon!

Say hello to Columbia Gorge Documenters and Tulsa Documenters:
www.citybureau.org/notebook/wer...
May 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM