Get Some Tricks for Tracking Stimulus Funds
Want to know how to track stimulus spending in your community? Help is just around the corner. The nonprofit educational group … more…
Our Stimulus Spot Check: Summer Wave of Projects Nears Crest
Vice President Joe Biden touted this as the summer of stimulus, a time when the Obama administration would ramp up road … more…
NYC Protests Funding Exclusion for Police; Feds Relent
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
In a reversal, the New York Police Department will now receive … more…
Welcome Aboard, Georgia DOT
This is an unexpected development: The Georgia Department of Transportation has joined our Stimulus Spot Check project and … more…
Brief Tech Troubles Fixed
The latest ProPublica Reporting Network project we launched this morning, Stimulus Spot Check, had a bug for a bit this morning. … more…
Weekend Reading
Former AP reporter Paul Chavez wrote today on Clear365 about monitoring I-405 as part of our Adopt a Stimulus Project initiative. … more…
Tools and Resources for Reporting the Stimulus
Since launching the ProPublica Reporting Network and its first initiative – Adopt a Stimulus Project –we’ve been hearing from … more…
Adventures in Stimulus Tracking
Steve Katz, the vice president for strategy and development over at Mother Jones, is tracking a stimulus project as part of … more…
Second Tip: Use the Cache
July 13: This post has been corrected.
Much to Carol Nichols’ surprise, there were no signs of any pre-construction activity on … more…
Today’s Tip for the Reporting Network: Use Google Alerts to Track Your Stimulus Project
Shortly after Carol Nichols, a member of ProPublica’s Reporting Network (our citizen journalism initiative), volunteered to … more…
ProPublica Reporting Network: Where We’re At
In a Q&A over at Poynter I discuss some of what we’ve done so far with our citizen journalism effort—the ProPublica Reporting … more…
Maps and Tools for ProPublica Reporting Network
The map below shows you where the 1,200 citizen journalists of the ProPublica Reporting Network live. As you can see, our members … more…
FAQ
Got questions? Below are answers to questions I’m frequently asked by members of our ProPublica Reporting Network who are … more…
Introducing a Blog for the ProPublica Reporting Network
I’m happy to announce that we now have a blog for the more than 1000 members of our ProPublica Reporting Network, an initiative we … more…
Going Low, Lower, Lower… Sold
There are lots of reports of low bids for stimulus projects. (Here, here, here and here.)
This one is especially low: Fixing a … more…
Is Stimulus Funding Coming Soon to a Bridge or Road Near You?
If a road or bridge in your area will be modified or repaired using stimulus funds but was missing from our Adopt a Stimulus … more…
Stimulus Reports From the Field Trickle In
On-the-ground reports are beginning to trickle in from the ProPublica Reporting Network, our new citizen journalism initiative. … more…
Introducing ProPublica Reporting Network’s First Members
About a week and a half ago, we announced the ProPublica Reporting Network, our new citizen journalism initiative. Since then, I … more…
Meet the ProPublica Reporting Network
On Wednesday, we announced the ProPublica Reporting Network, our new citizen-journalism initiative. The response has been great: More … more…
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