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JA Resource Q&A: Sunlight’s Scout is “useful in an obvious way.”

Aiming to be useful and easy to use, Scout is a free tool for journalists and others to track policy as it's legislated and regulated. Read highlights of a live resource Q&A with Scout’s developer.

Posted by Emily Harris on August 21, 2012
Topics: Blog, Craft, Technology Tags: FOIA, Free Tools, Investigative Journalism, Policy, Reporting Tools

Scout

Penetrate the lawmaking labyrinth with this tech-marries-mission tool from Sunlight Foundation. Cuts research time and brings custom state or Congressional bill tracking right to you.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on June 27, 2012
Topics: Craft, Experiments, Resources, Technology Tags: FOIA, Free Tools, Investigative Journalism, Policy, Reporting Tools

DiscoverText

“Unlocking the power of text,” DiscoverText offers new analytic tools to mine text including public comments, FOIA processing, legal eDiscovery, social media, research and more.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on November 16, 2011
Topics: Community, Resources, Technology Tags: Civic Engagement, Crowdsourcing, eDiscovery, FOIA, Market Research, Text Analysis, Tools

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Offering loads of resources and legal perspective, “the Committee has played a role in virtually every significant press freedom case that has come before the Supreme Court.”

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 18, 2011
Topics: Policy, Resources Tags: Access To Information, Collaboration, First Amendment, FOIA, Freedom of the Press, Legal, Legislation, Public Right to Know, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, Transparency

National Freedom of Information Coalition

With a goal of "ensuring everyone’s right to information," the National Freedom of Information Coalition has been actively supporting state member groups' and journalists' right of open access to information since 1991.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 12, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Policy, Resources Tags: Access To Information, Accountability, First Amendment, FOIA, Investigative Journalism, Knight Foundation, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, Transparency, Watchdog Reporting

OpenMissouri.org

David Herzog's Open Missouri project delivers the state's largest independent directory of government databases, with tips to help empower citizens, journalists and communities.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 7, 2011
Topics: Craft, Education, Policy, Resources Tags: Access To Information, Civic Journalism, Data, David Herzog, FOIA, Investigative Reporters and Editors, IRE, Missouri Sunshine Law, Online Directory, Public Information, Reynolds Journalism Institute, RJI, Transparency

Public Eye Northwest

Ferreting out important public data, in partnership with The Seattle Times, PEN "captures and translates into plain language...information that would otherwise slip through the cracks."

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 14, 2011
Topics: Craft, Experiments, Resources, Technology Tags: Digital Literacy, FOIA, Public Information, Transparency