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.

As the 2024 general election approaches, Sunlight is supporting newsrooms with bespoke research and workshops, reporting recipes and tools, and a vibrant peer-to-peer support network.

Training & Support

Toolkit

Newsroom Training & Tools

Join a network of newsroom professionals to find training, tools and insights for journalists.

Ahead of the 2024 election, Sunlight’s comprehensive accountability research training provides journalists powerful tools and skills to uncover the backgrounds of political candidates so that voters can make informed choices at the ballot box.

We offer expert research training and tools to help reporters access and interpret public records, including property, campaign finance and business filings.

We host an online network where journalists, experts and researchers can learn from and support each other’s work.

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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 investigative 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.

We help newsrooms with: