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City Bureau
City Bureau

City Bureau, launched in 2015, is a local news outlet based in Chicago's South Side that enlists and trains citizens to share accounts of public meetings and collaborate with journalists to cover their communities. Revenue: Grants, donations.

Who is in charge?

Harry Backlund

Job title

Director of Operations

City

Chicago

State

IL

Year launched

2015

Tax status

  • Nonprofit 501c3