we can korea it this expertise together. >> reporter: on a thursday night, a wet side resident showed up at the weekly public newsroom, a forum on issues affected them, finding a story or two about them from segregation to lead exposure. >> i really am encouraged to want to know watts going on, especially since the city is like up for grabs, it seems to be imploding. >> reporter: back on the street, manny ramos remains focused on getting it right. >> right now i'm committed to chicago and i've grown up with and am familiar with. i think there is a lot of who, that needs to be done, repaired at that level. >> reporter: journalists as agents of change. ron mott, nbc news. >> thanks to ron mot in the chicago. still ahead, the new emergency on vaping. new york's governor cuomo is asking for a ban on the new