Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buffalo's Fire Publisher Jodi Spotted Bear and Bismarck Documenters Program Manager Alicia Hegland-Thorpe discuss the Bismarck ...

MINNEAPOLIS-- Tashawna Williams frequents the Northside Green Zone Task Force meetings in north Minneapolis, intently listening and taking notes for others who can't be there. It's part of her work as ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A new program looks to train and pay people in Grand Rapids to report on local government meetings. The Grand Rapids Documenters teaches residents how to keep tabs on the city’s ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Lawrence Caswell, Managing Editor/Community of Signal Cleveland, spoke to Cleveland Media Academy students Saturday about what the non-profit news organization does and how it works ...

MinnPost’s Twin Cities Documenters program trains and pays community members to take notes at local government meetings. Below are Documenter Glen Johnson’s summary and observations from the April 21 ...

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. Buffalo’s Fire Publisher Jodi ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland Documenters are a vital part of covering local government and are “people who can be paid to be curious,” Doug Breehl-Pitorak, the manager of the Cleveland Documenters ...

In addition to the 17 interns, there were about 25 people in attendance.