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A nonprofit online news outlet is working to put the public back in public meetings.

The Documenters Network program will pay individuals to attend and take notes at public meetings in their area. Meeting summaries will be published online for the public.

The two Chicago-based journalism nonprofit newsrooms garnered the Local Reporting award on Monday for the “Missing in Chicago” series. Invisible Institute also won a second Pulitzer for audio reporting.

A Brighton Park family is “in survival mode” after a house fire Friday killed local journalist Rocio Villaseñor and seriously injured her father. The fire broke out at a residence on the 3200 block of West 38th Street on Friday evening, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Eight family members were home “when an unexpected explosion from the rear end of the home immediately caught fire,” ...

The Rapidian held an event at the Wealthy Theatre Wednesday to not only celebrate its relaunch, but also give people the chance to network and dive into what the Documenters Network really is.

The program launched this month. The Rapidian, powered by the Grand Rapids Community Media Center, will oversee it.

Local journalism is collapsing in many places around the world. The result: higher levels of corruption and greater vulnerability to purveyors of propaganda.

The Dallas Documenters Program has an ambitious goal: Put eyes and ears in every single local government meeting.

In her role as community journalism director, Ariana Beedie plans to launch a local affiliate of the Documenters Network, which trains and pays residents to attend public meetings and publish the results.

With $10 million in funding, the Indiana Local News Initiative said it intends to report nonpartisan information at no cost to its audience.