Powering investigative journalism. Serving local newsrooms.
We are a nonpartisan journalism support organization that equips newsrooms of all sizes to provide their communities with fact-based, transparent investigative journalism that holds power to account.
We help reporters deepen today's investigations and train them for tomorrow's.
Sunlight supports newsrooms with bespoke research and workshops, reporting recipes and tools, and a vibrant peer-to-peer support network.
Training & Support
Toolkit
Newsroom Workshops & Tools
Join a network of newsroom professionals to find workshops, tools and insights for journalists.
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​Sunlight’s hands-on workshops provide journalists powerful tools and techniques to expand their reporting skillset.
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​We offer expert research training and tools to help reporters access and interpret public records, including property, campaign finance and business filings.
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We host an online network where journalists, experts and researchers can learn from and support each other’s work.
Research Desk
Let us help build your newsroom capacity for investigations.
Our research desk provides collaborative research and data analysis support to local newsrooms, boosting their capacity to develop important stories. ​
We partner with newsrooms to find documents and data sets that are the building blocks for investigations that inform their communities. ​​
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We help newsrooms with:
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Candidate backgrounding
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Document gathering
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Timeline preparations
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Data analysis
Research Help Desk
What journalists are saying about Sunlight Research Center
The training provided in collaboration with MuckRock and through this reporting process has given me the confidence to dig deeper into financial data to better inform our readers about the money behind the issues in their communities.
The Riverside Record
As a reporter covering the energy industry, I often have to look through financial documents, lobbying disclosures, and other publicly-available but difficult to find documents. I took some Sunlight Research Center trainings and came away with some better tools and new ideas on how to improve my reporting. I'm definitely looking forward to future trainings!
North American correspondent for Gas Outlook
I always walk away having learned something new and valuable for my work. The instructors are deeply knowledgeable and helpful, and they make learning investigative research skills an approachable and empowering experience.
Investigative Journalist and News Researcher
