Message from Alex Howard, Deputy Director of The Sunlight Foundation
Dear Sunlighter
Happy New Year from Sunlight!
We have a lot of irons in the fire in 2018, which we'll be letting you know about over the coming weeks. Keep an eye on our projects!
For over a decade, Sunlight has stood up for the power of open data and journalism to inform the public, hold governments and politicians accountable, and strengthen democracies. And for almost a decade, I've tracked the intersection of open data, journalism, open source software and open government, publishing research on the art and science of data journalism that combines those threads.
Now, I've scrubbed into the State of Open Data project, seeding the initial network scan on journalists, media and open data. Now, it's open to your contributions.
. . . while journalists continue to be appropriately skeptical of open data published by governments online, a growing number of media organizations are downloading, analyzing and reporting on open data from multiple sources in ways that inform, engage and empower the public. Over the past decade, pioneers in the global transparency movement have adopted and adapted principles and practices from the open source software world, where "showing your work" and collaborating around shared code are important signals for both trust and transparency.
We want to hear about all of the good work that isn't currently listed, and the challenges that persist for access, creating or using open data as a source and resource for journalists.
We want to hear about the people, events, organizations, networks and communities that are driving change, social impact and public knowledge, and the places they gather.Please weigh in on all of the history, events, research, organizations, data-driven journalism projects, and other details I missed in the initial scan – and get involved in the 21 environment scans that are underway.
Thank you!
Alex Howard
Deputy Director, Sunlight Foundation
Dear Sunlighter
Happy New Year from Sunlight!
We have a lot of irons in the fire in 2018, which we'll be letting you know about over the coming weeks. Keep an eye on our projects!
For over a decade, Sunlight has stood up for the power of open data and journalism to inform the public, hold governments and politicians accountable, and strengthen democracies. And for almost a decade, I've tracked the intersection of open data, journalism, open source software and open government, publishing research on the art and science of data journalism that combines those threads.
Now, I've scrubbed into the State of Open Data project, seeding the initial network scan on journalists, media and open data. Now, it's open to your contributions.
. . . while journalists continue to be appropriately skeptical of open data published by governments online, a growing number of media organizations are downloading, analyzing and reporting on open data from multiple sources in ways that inform, engage and empower the public. Over the past decade, pioneers in the global transparency movement have adopted and adapted principles and practices from the open source software world, where "showing your work" and collaborating around shared code are important signals for both trust and transparency.
We want to hear about all of the good work that isn't currently listed, and the challenges that persist for access, creating or using open data as a source and resource for journalists.
We want to hear about the people, events, organizations, networks and communities that are driving change, social impact and public knowledge, and the places they gather.Please weigh in on all of the history, events, research, organizations, data-driven journalism projects, and other details I missed in the initial scan – and get involved in the 21 environment scans that are underway.
Thank you!
Alex Howard
Deputy Director, Sunlight Foundation
