Max Resnik
@maxresnik.bsky.social
Building the Documenters Network @City_bureau
rent freeze passes, first ever total rent freeze for both one- and two-year rent-stabilized leases
Rent Freeze Approved By Mamdani-Era Board, Impacting 1 Million NYC Apartments
Thursday’s vote marked the first rent freeze ever for two-year leases.
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🎉 Join us in celebrating new Documenters programs in New Mexico and North Carolina and relaunched programs in Minnesota and Pennsylvania! www.citybureau.org/notebook/cel...
Celebrating new Documenters programs — City Bureau
Now in 25 different communities across the US, City Bureau's Documenters Network equips and pays community members to attend local government meetings, distill what matters, and bring actionable infor...
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How can libraries engage communities with civic information & storytelling? Join us and @terryparrisjr.bsky.social on May 21 Noon Eastern! www.eventbrite.com/e/how-can-li...
How can libraries engage communities with civic information & storytelling?
First of three 2026 Engaged Journalism Exchange sessions exploring how civic media can go beyond journalism to support community-building
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City budgeting shouldn't be secret! This is a major @fresnoland.bsky.social win for local gov transparency. 'Judge says Fresno’s city council violated state law with illegal budget process first exposed by Fresnoland"
Fresnoland@fresnoland.bsky.social · 3mo agoJudge says Fresno’s city council violated state law with illegal budget process first exposed by Fresnoland Every year, elected leaders at the City of Fresno would spend days hammering out final budget negotiations in closed-door meetings away from the public eye. In the days right before the…
specific request, for journalism: looking to talk to New Yorkers who got a local problem solved (OR NOT) through their House rep's office ... who's gone to their federal district office to try and get help? were you successful? would love to talk about it for a story. thank you!
On Nov. 1, seven men were arrested by ICE on a single street corner in Corona, Queens while the block watched. What happened next galvanized a neighborhood. ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZGq...
ICE agents handcuff and arrest a young man in Queens, NY | Documented
YouTube video by Documented
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Today is the California Civic Media Program Advisory Board meeting The meeting has just started at 1:04pm PST
This is nifty - the volunteer run East Montpelier Signpost in VT has town funding and local business sponsorship and is mailed to all town residents for free 6x/yr emsignpost.com
East Montpelier, Vermont - Signpost
The Signpost is published six times a year and mailed free of charge to all residents of East Montpelier, Vermont.
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Collaborative journalism is impactful journalism! What happens when hundreds of residents work with reporters across the country to track how federal funding shifts affect city and county budgets and lives across the US?
City Bureau@citybureau.bsky.social · 5mo ago🗣️ ANNOUNCING: The Documenters Network Editorial Project! Our #DocumentersNetwork is investigating how federal budget shifts are affecting communities in cities across the United States. www.citybureau.org/notebook/doc...
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Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 6mo agoWhile MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Documenters like Kassandra are an important part of our community. They’re everyday citizens who we pay and train to attend, take notes and ask questions at public meetings. Their work helps to promote transparency and accountability with public officials.
Another gem of a civic guide from @detroitjcs.bsky.social. 👏 The OMA underpins everything we do!
Detroit Documenters@detdocumenters.bsky.social · 6mo agoIf Detroit Documenters only wanted you to know one thing, it would be that local government officials are required to meet and vote on policy decisions in public, and you’re allowed by law to be there. Here's what else you should know about the Open Meetings Act, by Documenter A J Johnson:
If Detroit Documenters only wanted you to know one thing, it would be that local government officials are required to meet and vote on policy decisions in public, and you’re allowed by law to be there. Here's what else you should know about the Open Meetings Act, by Documenter A J Johnson:
A Detroiter’s guide to the Michigan Open Meetings Act
Michigan’s Open Meetings Act requires public bodies to make decisions by vote, allow public comment and make more transparency measures. Here’s what to know.
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🎉 Great news: Two bills that meet pressing information needs of people across Pennsylvania passed out of committee. The legislative package, introduced by @reprabb.bsky.social, treat local news and civic information as the public goods that they are. More here: www.freepress.net/news/pennsyl...
"I'd trust citizen journalism as much as I'd trust a citizen surgeon." Back in the day, we took years of humor like that as the curmudgeons took their time fading out. Here's my definition of "citizen journalism" from 2008. The term has renewed importance. archive.pressthink.org/2008/07/14/a...
PressThink: A Most Useful Definition of Citizen Journalism
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As immigration enforcement escalated during Trump's first year, New Yorkers stood ten toes down in defense of immigrant neighbors.
How New Yorkers Are Stepping Up to Protect Immigrant Neighbors - Documented
As immigration enforcement escalated during Trump's first year, New Yorkers stood ten toes down in defense of immigrant neighbors.
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People helping people helping people -- love this work from @detdocumenters.bsky.social cc @citybureau.bsky.social
Detroit Documenters@detdocumenters.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew to Detroit Documenters and feeling overwhelmed by meeting agendas and assignments? Are you a seasoned note-taker looking to sharpen your skills? Meet our five Docu-Mentors — here to help you level up your reporting and build confidence every step of the way.
New @citibikenyc.bsky.social feature allows extra bike points (exchanged for extra membership time or exchanged for gift cards) for riding low-juice ebikes to charging stations - neat!
“Adopting AI tools in local journalism should go hand in hand with implementing more equitable, civically focused, participatory forms of journalism…exemplified by the @documenters.org program from @citybureau.bsky.social ” knightcolumbia.org/content/part... Thanks @joshuadarr.bsky.social !
Participatory Journalism and Its Potential in AI-Assisted Local News
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New year means new opportunities to get involved in community! Kick off the new year with a coffee/tea hangout with your favorite nonprofit newsroom (that's us!), submit some work to DPSCD or apply to the Kresge Artist Fellowship. Ready to make some plans?
Get more eyeballs on your book or business with these local opportunities: Get involved in Detroit
Kick off your year by learning from, engaging with and growing with your community.
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Our Local Reporting Network is open again for proposals! We're looking for accountability journalism projects from around the country. We cover your salary (up to $80k plus a stipend for benefits) plus provide editing and other support. Apply here:
Local Reporting Network Fellow
Remote, United States
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🎉 Welcome Columbus #SignalOhio and Kansas City (@thebeacon.bsky.social) to our #DocumentersNetwork! They are bringing fresh energy to our people-powered journalism movement. Meet the local partners & civic collaborators shaping the next chapter of Documenters. www.citybureau.org/notebook/col...
Columbus and Kansas City Join the Documenters Network — City Bureau
Two new communities are bringing fresh energy to our people-powered journalism movement. Meet the local partners and civic collaborators shaping the next chapter of Documenters.
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If there is a Documenters network in your city, that’s a great way to start learning how your local boards and commissions work while also getting paid!