“Guess Who’s Coming to TCamp” is a mini-series we started last year to introduce some of the faces you’ll see... View Article
Continue readingBest practices for state and local bloggers
With contribution from Amy Ngai Earlier this month, a few of us from the Sunlight Foundation attended two of the major online political organizing conventions: Netroots Nation 2012 and Right Online. Both events highlighted the challenges faced by local and state bloggers, and gave recommendations for bloggers on how to reach a broader audience. We always encourage local bloggers and writers to share their experience in promoting government transparency in their local communities by writing guest blogs. You can read our past guest blog posts here. Blogs prove time and time again to be one of the quickest inexpensive ways of getting the word out – in real time. And if used right, they can be an important platform to call for accountability and transparency from our respective governments.
Continue readingSunlight’s Politiwidgets Makes Your Reporting Brighter. One Widget at a Time.
Everyone’s writing about politicians these days — especially these days — so Sunlight’s developed a tool to help enliven that... View Article
Continue readingLocal watchdogging starts with one good question
When it comes down to it, beyond the ideal of “transparent governance,” everyone in the open government movement is looking... View Article
Continue readingRep.-Elect Polis Blogging Frosh Orientation
Here’s some pretty neat activity from Rep.-Elect Jared Polis of Colorado. He’s blogging the freshman orientation and has posted their... View Article
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