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Articles tagged ProPublica Illinois (4)

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.

Ricardo BiltonOctober 12, 2017

With its new reporting network, ProPublica wants to fund investigative reporters around the U.S.

The ProPublica Local Reporting Network will fund reporters who already live in the communities they are writing about.

Ken DoctorAugust 4, 2017

Newsonomics: Nine midsummer lessons from a unique moment in press, and American, history

A step back to look at the news lessons of this summer.

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.”