Comments on: Political Transparency Project http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:02:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Data that talks at Faneuil Media Blog http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-19963 Data that talks at Faneuil Media Blog Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:14:24 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-19963 [...] Dan Gillmor and his Berkeley class seem to be focusing on this problem. Their project in California’s 11th Congressional district seems designed to pull together public resources (including data, I assume) to make it easier for citizen journalists to cover the race. [...] [...] Dan Gillmor and his Berkeley class seem to be focusing on this problem. Their project in California’s 11th Congressional district seems designed to pull together public resources (including data, I assume) to make it easier for citizen journalists to cover the race. [...]

]]> By: Faneuil Media » Data that talks http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-17974 Faneuil Media » Data that talks Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:43:45 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-17974 [...] Dan Gillmor and his Berkeley class seem to be focusing on this problem. Their project in California’s 11th Congressional district seems designed to pull together public resources (including data, I assume) to make it easier for citizen journalists to cover the race. [...] [...] Dan Gillmor and his Berkeley class seem to be focusing on this problem. Their project in California’s 11th Congressional district seems designed to pull together public resources (including data, I assume) to make it easier for citizen journalists to cover the race. [...]

]]> By: Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Congressional Family Favors Discovered http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-14685 Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Congressional Family Favors Discovered Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:05:43 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-14685 [...] Ellen Miller, president of the Sunlight Foundation, which is sponsoring our Political Transparency project, reports early results from the organization’s Congressional Spouse Project, which is asking folks to help figure out “how many members of the House of Representatives hire their spouses to work for their campaigns—paying them a salary from campaign contributions.” She reports: As of 8 AM EDT Saturday, we’re at 257 members investigated, and 12 spouses totaling some $455,539… We have been spot checking and all seem accurate. All will be verified before we release any formal results, Here’s a behind the scenes breakdown of what’s going on. [...] [...] Ellen Miller, president of the Sunlight Foundation, which is sponsoring our Political Transparency project, reports early results from the organization’s Congressional Spouse Project, which is asking folks to help figure out “how many members of the House of Representatives hire their spouses to work for their campaigns—paying them a salary from campaign contributions.” She reports: As of 8 AM EDT Saturday, we’re at 257 members investigated, and 12 spouses totaling some $455,539… We have been spot checking and all seem accurate. All will be verified before we release any formal results, Here’s a behind the scenes breakdown of what’s going on. [...]

]]> By: Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » More Distributed Journalism http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-14547 Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » More Distributed Journalism Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:18:15 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-14547 [...] The Sunlight Foundation, which is sponsoring our Political Transparency project, has a new request for the public — this time helping out on the Congressional Spouse Project: First, we want to find out how many members of the House of Representatives hire their spouses to work for their campaigns—paying them a salary from campaign contributions. (We’ll add a version for tracking the Senate soon.) Second, we want to begin developing tools that allow Citizen Journalists to record the results of their research, preserving the connections they find in unrelated collections of data. [...] [...] The Sunlight Foundation, which is sponsoring our Political Transparency project, has a new request for the public — this time helping out on the Congressional Spouse Project: First, we want to find out how many members of the House of Representatives hire their spouses to work for their campaigns—paying them a salary from campaign contributions. (We’ll add a version for tracking the Senate soon.) Second, we want to begin developing tools that allow Citizen Journalists to record the results of their research, preserving the connections they find in unrelated collections of data. [...]

]]> By: Ben Tremblay http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-13231 Ben Tremblay Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:26:38 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-13231 Sounds like Indymedia! ;-) continued success regards ben Sounds like Indymedia!
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continued success
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ben

]]> By: links for 2006-09-26 at This is really happening. http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-13126 links for 2006-09-26 at This is really happening. Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:20:22 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-13126 [...] Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Political Transparency Project Another open-source project covering the elections with Dan Gillmor’s help (tags: campaigns research citizen-journalism personaldemocracy) [...] [...] Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Political Transparency Project Another open-source project covering the elections with Dan Gillmor’s help (tags: campaigns research citizen-journalism personaldemocracy) [...]

]]> By: Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Matt Vree Joins Political Transparency Project http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-13062 Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Matt Vree Joins Political Transparency Project Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:34:13 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-13062 [...] We’re glad to have Matt Vree joining us for our political transparency project in California’s 11th Congressional District. Matt will be working in the district to pull together a variety of data and information, with a focus on citizen contributions. [...] [...] We’re glad to have Matt Vree joining us for our political transparency project in California’s 11th Congressional District. Matt will be working in the district to pull together a variety of data and information, with a focus on citizen contributions. [...]

]]> By: Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Do Public Media Believe in the Public? http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-12435 Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Do Public Media Believe in the Public? Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:51:16 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-12435 [...] How could today’s public media organizations be more open in this context? I offered one example, which relates to the class project we’re organizing at the University of California, Berkeley, this fall — an ambitious collection of all data we can put together about a congressional campaign near the Bay Area. [...] [...] How could today’s public media organizations be more open in this context? I offered one example, which relates to the class project we’re organizing at the University of California, Berkeley, this fall — an ambitious collection of all data we can put together about a congressional campaign near the Bay Area. [...]

]]> By: Dan Gillmor http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-11053 Dan Gillmor Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:30:50 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-11053 Tom, no such plans currently, but it's a good idea. I'm not sure there's time to pull together a deep study of this kind, though... Tom, no such plans currently, but it’s a good idea. I’m not sure there’s time to pull together a deep study of this kind, though…

]]> By: Tom Stites http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-11029 Tom Stites Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:13:25 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/09/10/political-transparency-project/#comment-11029 Is there a plan to study who from the public takes part in this fascinating exercise, a survey to determine demographic information, voting history, type of work and union membership, etc.? Might the Pew people lend their expertise to a project like this? A project on this scale could provide important insights into who engages in public journalism and who doesn't. Is there a plan to study who from the public takes part in this fascinating exercise, a survey to determine demographic information, voting history, type of work and union membership, etc.? Might the Pew people lend their expertise to a project like this? A project on this scale could provide important insights into who engages in public journalism and who doesn’t.

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