It’s fantastic to see the eight winning projects awarded more than $3.2 million today from the Knight News Challenge on... View Article
Continue readingThe Data and Tech Behind Sitegeist
It's been three weeks since we launched Sitegeist and the response has greatly exceeded (my) expectations! There have been over 27,000 downloads of the iOS and Android apps and a flood of feedback emails. Thanks again to the Knight Foundation and IDEO for their help in creating the app!
Continue readingCelebrating the Knight News Challenge Winners
The Sunlight Foundation would like to extend a hearty congratulations to the 2011 winners of the Knight News Challenge just... View Article
Continue readingDaily Disclosures
A roundup of what we’re noticing in the Reporting Group as we dig into government data and disclosures: 5 day... View Article
Continue readingDevelopers Wanted for Knight News Challenge
The message below is a message from our friends at the Knight Foundation who've given us a grant here at the Sunlight Foundation to build tools to put more political data on the web
You're part of a community doing amazing work on some hugely important issues
of government transparency, especially at the state and national level. We're
partnering with the Sunlight Foundation and Sunlight Labs in hopes of engaging
you in a complementary challenge: bringing your great ideas to cities and other
local communities.