City Bureau aims to restore civic media coverage of the South and West Sides of Chicago by training a new generation of young reporters in the practice of urban journalism.
Smart Chicago provided computers and iPads for their Open House event in early 2016.
Executive Director Daniel X. O’Neil mentored Educational Director, Andrea Hart, in the context of her Voqal Fellowship in Spring 2016.
In April 2016, City Bureau executed on the Task Force Tracker project, which is annotated, updated and independent hub for public use that measures the ~200 individual Chicago Police Accountability Task Force recommendations against existing contracts, policies, potential conflicts and public discourse.