July 2012 Archive
ProPublica to Expand News Applications Work With Knight Foundation Support
New funding will also create job-shadowing program for journalists.
The ProPublica Pair Programming Project
Come code with us! The ProPublica Pair Programming Project -- or P5 -- opens the ProPublica News Apps desk to newsroom coders who want to work on a ProPublica project, or to finish a project of their own, from the ProPublica offices in New York.
Knight Foundation Grant to Support ProPublica's News Applications Desk
We’re very pleased to announce that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has made a grant to support ProPublica’s news applications desk.
Classified in Gitmo Trials: Detainees’ Every Word
The government argues detainees were “exposed” to classified information during their detention.
Explore Hundreds of Campaign Emails in the Message Machine
Today we're opening up the political campaign emails we have collected from our readers.
Inside the Investigation of Leading Republican Money Man Sheldon Adelson
In just a few years, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands created a gambling empire in Macau that made him one of the world’s richest men. Now, Sheldon Adelson’s business methods are under expanding scrutiny by federal and Nevada investigators.
Echoes of Clinton-era Scandal in a Las Vegas Sands Email
A senior Las Vegas Sands executive raised questions about the company's possible dealings with Ng Lap Seng, a central figure in a 1990s scheme to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash from China to Democratic candidates.
That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker
Cellular systems constantly record the location of phones in their networks, data treasured by police and advertisers alike. The surveillance and privacy implications are simple: If someone knows where you are, they probably know what you are doing.
The Best Reporting on Detention and Rendition Under Obama
Obama pledged more oversight of rendition and detention of terror suspects. We round up the best reporting on what's known about the programs.
Cardiac Arrest: Hospital Refuses to Give Widow her Husband's Heart
After eight years, the hospital that performed Jerry Carswell's autopsy acknowledges it has his heart, but still won't give it to his wife.
How Many Millions of Cellphones Are Police Watching?
What We Still Don’t Know About Cellphone Surveillance
Broadcasters Make Emergency Motion to Block Transparency Rule
The National Association of Broadcasters, an industry group representing television stations around the country, is asking a court to block the implementation of a new rule that will put political ad information online before it goes into effect next month.
Bloomberg on NYPD Counter-Terrorism Record: “We’ll Never Know.”
The mayor, who previously said the NYPD had stopped 14 plots, now says he believes it’s impossible to know for sure how many plots the NYPD has thwarted.
Fact-Check: How the NYPD Overstated Its Counterterrorism Record
Has the NYPD, celebrated as the nation’s top counterterrorism cops, really helped thwart 14 "full-blown terrorist attacks”?
New Study: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into PA Drinking Water
Researchers show natural fluids are migrating from thousands of feet underground and reaching drinking water supplies, raising concerns that man-made chemicals and waste could do the same.
Columnist Clarence Page Spoke at Rally for Iranian Militant Group
The syndicated columnist and Chicago Tribune editorial board member now says he will return the $20,000 he got to speak at a Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK) event in Paris in June.