HeartSaver: Experimenting with News Games to Tell a Story

April 23, 10:51 a.m.

HeartSaver, ProPublica’s entry into the April 2013 GEN hack day, lets players steer New York City heart attack victims to the closest hospitals.

Play Our Experimental News Game: HeartSaver

April 23, 10:49 a.m.

HeartSaver is an experiment in news game design, built in two days for the April 2013 GEN Editors’ Lab Hackathon. How many lives can you save?

No Windows. One Exit. Free Drinks: Casino-Driven Design for Crowdsourcing

March 20, 12:02 p.m.

Casino-Driven Design, a technique we developed for Free the Files, cuts away all distraction and drives the user’s attention toward staying focused on a single task.

Between Human and Machine: Thoughts on Malofiej 21 Day 2

March 18, 10:32 a.m.

One of the main undercurrents during the Malofiej World Infographic Summit was the tension between illustrative graphics, often borne out of photographs and sketches, and data visualization, whose raw material is often the very machine-based spreadsheet.

Outsider CAR: Quick Thoughts on Malofiej 21 Day 1

March 14, 8:28 p.m.

While the big graphics teams presented at the Malofiej Infographic Summit in Pamplona, Spain, there were also examples of artists and designers applying their own brand of CAR.

Interactive Map: See Where the Government is Lending after Sandy

March 6, 9:01 a.m.

See where the over 20,000 SBA rebuilding loans are, half of which fall in FEMA’s new advisory flood zones.

After Sandy, Government Lends to Rebuild in Flood Zones

March 6, 5 a.m.

A ProPublica/WNYC analysis shows the federal government has approved $766 million to rebuild in areas prone to flooding.

How Disaster Aid Recipients Voted on Sandy Relief

Feb. 1, 7:21 a.m.

Though the Sandy relief bill passed both the Senate and the House, many members of Congress voted no despite their own states receiving millions of dollars in federal disaster assistance in 2012.

A New Way to ‘Check In’ on Education Inequality

Jan. 24, 3:19 p.m.

What Kind of Body Scanner Does Your Airport Have?

Dec. 20, 2012, 5:14 p.m.

Nearly 100 backscatter scanners were removed from major airports recently to speed up lines. See if they’re still in use at your airport.

How Much Did Independent Groups Spend Per Vote?

Nov. 9, 2012, 10:54 a.m.

Although an unprecedented amount was spent by outside groups in an effort to influence the 2012 campaign, the candidates with the most super PAC funding were defeated Tuesday. Here’s a look at how much outside groups spent per vote in a few of the notable races.

Introducing a Free the Files API

Oct. 16, 2012, 11:17 a.m.

Today we’re opening a Free The Files API which will offer developers access to markets, stations, committees and filings data from our crowdsourced app

Get a Free the Files Widget

Oct. 3, 2012, 3:47 p.m.

Free the Files: Help ProPublica Unlock Political Ad Spending

Sept. 27, 2012, 3:57 p.m.

Outside groups are spending millions of dollars hoping to influence political campaigns – but they’re hard to track down. Detailed information about spending is locked in documents filed at TV stations across the country. Help us uncover this spending by reviewing documents.

How Some Nonprofit Groups Funnel Dark Money Into Campaigns

Aug. 18, 2012, 11:25 p.m.

Explore how tax-exempt groups active in the 2010 election spent millions of dollars on campaigns, sometimes reporting less political spending to the Internal Revenue Service than they did to election officials.

Graphic: Who are the Super PACs’ Biggest Donors?

July 23, 2012, 10:52 a.m.

An interactive chart showing the share of all contributions given by the top ten donors to each of the 12 largest super PACs.

Help Us Track How Politicians Target You

May 30, 2012, 11:51 a.m.

Political campaigns are using increasingly sophisticated methods to target messages to voters, methods that are not at all transparent. We need your help to uncover and understand them.

Updated: Dialysis Facility Tracker

April 17, 2012, 10 a.m.

ProPublica obtained data about the performance of more than 5,000 U.S. dialysis clinics. Our Dialysis Facility Tracker allows patients to compare clinics on such measures as patient survival, infection control, hospitalization rates and transplant rates.

Campaign Spending Shows Political Ties, Self-Dealing

March 28, 2012, 12:02 p.m.

So far, top super PACs and presidential candidates have spent more than $306 million in ways that hint at potential coordination. In some cases, this could violate FEC rules.