Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Citizen Journalism Made Easier
[ Patrick Tuohey ]The Show-Me Institute hosted an event in St. Louis last week in which bloggers of all stripes were afforded some tips on how to investigate our government. Trent Seibert of Texas Watchdog led an excellent session on where to go to get started.
In addition to more well-known sites such as the Web page of the Missouri Ethics Commission, and the Missouri Accountability Portal, Trent recommended the following:
- Followthemoney.org for tracing political contributions;
- The Student Press Law Center to generate open records request letters;
- Ballotpedia for information on state ballot measures; and
- The Missouri Auditor for reports on various levels of state government.
I also found a tool for generating FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request letters at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
If you are aware of other good sources of information on local and state government, please send them to us at editor@missourirecord.com.
11/24/2009 9:31:53 AM
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