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Andrew DeckMay 9, 2024

For the first time, two Pulitzer winners disclosed using AI in their reporting

Awarded investigative stories are increasingly relying on machine learning, whether covering Chicago police negligence or Israeli weapons in Gaza

Hanaa' TameezSeptember 30, 2021

Chicago Public Media is exploring a deal to acquire the Chicago Sun-Times

Public radio “is in a good position to pick up the slack if the legacy newspaper starts getting squeezed by corporate ownership.”

G/O Media still wants to revive Deadspin — but in Chicago

Christine SchmidtJanuary 8, 2019

Local public meetings are a scrape and a tap away, on City Bureau’s Documenters tool

“The goal is not to produce content for media outlets. It’s to repair broken bridges with local government, to get people to the meetings, get their voices heard, and figure out the line between where the active citizen and journalist is.”

Christine SchmidtMarch 21, 2018

Holding algorithms (and the people behind them) accountable is still tricky, but doable

“We were able to demystify this black box, this algorithm that had very scary connotations, and break it down into what ended up being a very simple linear model.”

Christine SchmidtFebruary 8, 2018

DNAinfo Chicago will be reborn as Block Club Chicago, relying on blockchain and subscriptions instead of billionaires

“We wanted to focus on neighborhoods and we wanted to have a membership model. We didn’t get to do it our way at DNA, at least on the business side. So we said, ‘Let’s just do it our way now.'”

Christine SchmidtJanuary 11, 2018

It’s not “citizen journalism,” but it is “citizens taking notes at public meetings with no reporters around”

Chicago’s City Bureau is betting on local residents doing this sort of low-key not-quite-journalism at meetings, and now it’s expanding the model to Detroit.

Shan WangMarch 13, 2017

Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?

“There are a lot of ways to define ‘community.’ We know it can be built around geography. But there should also be a community of people who care about climate, a community of people who care about criminal justice.”

Ricardo BiltonMarch 1, 2017

With its new editor on board, ProPublica Illinois’ ambitions are starting to take shape

“I think the keys to making this kind of small operation work are collegiality, responsiveness, and flexibility.”

Ricardo BiltonFebruary 10, 2017

In Chicago, two news orgs are using texting and live events to widen the reach of their reporting on lead

“We’re trying to empower folks to make their own decisions, and that requires that we get them the right information.”

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