Civic Tech Field Guide

HedgeDoc

HedgeDoc (formerly known as CodiMD) is an open-source, web-based, self-hosted, collaborative markdown editor.

Digital Public Infrastructure Map

55-56 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4HP, UK

Governments across the globe are on their way to building national-scale digital infrastructure. A comprehensive view of the state of DPI, however, is missing. The DPI Map addresses this.

eQualitie is a Canadian digital security organisation focused on the development and distribution of free, open-source software, services and security training to civil society, NGO's, investigative journalists and independent media to protect and promote human rights and press freedom online

Dataset Search

Mountain View, CA

Dataset Search is a search engine for datasets. Using a simple keyword search, users can discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web.

Organise Lab

London

Organiselab.org is an advocacy group & community making the case for a digital transformation, and innovation across all levels of the UK trade union movement.

labor

How The New York Times Incorporates Editorial Judgement in Algorithms to Curate Home Screen Content

New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY

Broadband Consumer Labels

Washington, DC

Broadband Labels (Internet de Banda Ancha Etiquetas - en español) are designed to provide clear, easy-to-understand, and accurate information about the cost and performance of high-speed internet services.

United States (federal government)

YouTube: ‘Captured with a camera’ disclosure

Mountain View, CA

Help article explaining how to enable comments on YouTube videos and livestreams.

YouTube

Common Good AI

PO Box 880264, San Francisco, CA 94188-0264

Common Good AI is a tech non-profit organization dedicated to building common ground for the common good.

democracy

Nook CRM

London

The open source CRM for community energy groups.

Affordable and clean energy

ForHarris Group Directory

United States of America 🇺🇸

A directory of "X for Harris" groups for the 2024 US election

Election Day to Every Day

Democracy Fund program dedicated to bridging critical gaps to support the safety, strength, and sustainability of groups working at the frontlines of our democracy.

US Election 2024

Austin Monitor

Austin, TX

The Austin Monitor is the only nonpartisan local daily news source that exclusively covers the important issues and key decisions at the intersection between the local government and the community. Its mission is to create shared prosperity through a more informed and engaged community.

local

VoteRaiser

United States of America 🇺🇸

VoteRaisers empower your supporters to reach out directly to their Democratic friends—encouraging them to register, volunteer, and VOTE for Democrats!

Reach

Queens, NY

The grassroots organizing app that lets you meet people where they are.

L.A. TACO

Los Angeles

The L.A. TACO empowers local journalism in Los Angeles through collaborative resource sharing, comprehensive training, and fostering open-source content production to amplify diverse voices and stories within the community.

SwipeBlue

United States of America 🇺🇸

SwipeBlue is a relational organizing app that matches your phone contacts to the voter file and shows you their party and districts. Just swipe blue (left) like Tinder to text them to register, donate, attend an event, or vote!

India Currents Foundation

San Jose, CA

India Currents is an award-winning nonprofit, nonpartisan, ethnic media organization that serves the news and information needs of the fast-growing Indian American population in the San Francisco Bay Area.

New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, publisher of INDepthNH.org

Barrington, NH

InDepthNH.org gives a voice to marginalized people, places, and ideas, demonstrating its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by the stories and columns it publishes.

Henrico Citizen

Henrico, VA

Across five digital daily weekday platforms, the 23-year-old Henrico Citizen seeks to tell the story of Henrico County, Va., through fair, tenacious, thorough, and clear nonpartisan journalism that enlightens, informs, and impacts the county and its nearly 335,000 citizens.

West Texas Tribune

Abilene, TX

The West Texas Tribune informs and engages the citizens of Abilene and surrounding communities by providing fair, factual, and reliable in-depth news stories about local government, institutions, nonprofit institutions, issues, and people. Its nonprofit journalism amplifies voices in divested neighborhoods and explores solutions for those seeking social, economic, and criminal justice and racial equity.

Sol de Medianoche News

Anchorage, Alaska

Sol de Medianoche produces local, accurate, and meaningful bilingual Spanish and English content essential for the Latino community in Alaska. Its mission is to inform, educate, and unite the community.

Athens County Independent

Athens, OH

The Athens County Independent empowers community engagement through accessible public service journalism.

Samoana Meda LLC

Honolulu

Sāmoana Media is a social enterprise that focuses on promoting Samoan and other Pacific Islander initiatives, particularly through education and the exploration of language, culture, history, and contemporary issues.

Sunlight Media Collective

Lamoine, ME

Sunlight Media Collective is an organization of Indigenous and non-Indigenous media makers and activists, including Wabanaki citizens, working to document and present stories affecting Wabanaki people and highlighting Wabanaki perspectives, with a particular emphasis on the intersection between environmental issues and Indigenous rights.

News Letter Journal

Newcastle, WY

News Letter Journal covers the news, sports, and entertainment important to the people of Weston County, Wyo., and provides them with the information they need to be active and engaged citizens.

285 South

Decatur, GA

285 South is Atlanta’s only English-language news outlet dedicated to covering the metro region’s growing immigrant communities.

KHASOKHAS

Corona, NY

Khasokhas, or “verified truth,” has been the voice of the Nepali community in New York City since 2012, breaking down language barriers and providing accessible, vital information on immigration, housing, taxes, health, and more. Its goal is to be the bridge for Nepali-speaking immigrants who struggle with English, offering resources in the Nepali language through distinctive reporting, impactful storytelling, interviews, and analysis.

The Real WV

Ronceverte, WV

The Real WV is a nonprofit multimedia organization that reaches beyond the headlines to touch the heart of Appalachian identity. By celebrating good news and honestly facing bad news, it tells real stories about real West Virginians and the experiences that shape them.

Pulsar

United States of America 🇺🇸

Supercharge your ground game. Fast. Preferred GOP Vendor and Trump campaign as a client.

South Dakota News Watch

Sioux Falls, SD

South Dakota News Watch is an independent nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens. South Dakota News Watch produces investigative and public service journalism that sheds light on the issues, concerns, and welfare of South Dakotans.

Down in the County

Oriental, NC

Down in the County is a weekly publication that fights conspiracy theories with reliable, visual-first journalism and bridge-building by providing news literacy, training and ethical content from a diverse pool of local storytellers.

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Milwaukee, WI

The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service provides professional, evidence-based, nonpartisan reporting to its readers, primarily in Black and Latinx communities. The news service celebrates the resilience of residents by consistently spotlighting the many ordinary people who do extraordinary things; educates readers by connecting them to resources that can help uncomplicate their busy lives; and reports on issues that create much-needed dialogue while holding institutions and leaders accountable.

KVNF Mountain Grown Community Radio

Paonia, CO

KVNF engages its communities by providing access to diverse music, news, and voices, envisioning listeners who are participating, inspired, active, and well-informed with a local and global perspective that emphasizes journalistic integrity.

Hy-Lo News

Miami, FL

Hy-Lo News provides Black and brown millennials with hyperlocal news and information. Hy-Lo News gives a voice to millennials by creating news articles, video interviews, and panel discussions about breaking news, hot topics, and social issues of the day, presenting news in a tone that is engaging to millennials in South Florida.

California Health Report

Los Angeles

The California Health Report is a nonprofit news organization that partners with communities across the state to share stories and offer solutions to health equity issues. It collaborates with people with disabilities, communities of color, immigrants, low-income Californians, violence survivors, rural residents, and many others to help them share ideas for making the world more equitable.

Penobscot Bay Press

Stonington, ME

Penobscot Bay Press provides information products and services to the communities it serves with news of governmental, civic, business, and educational institutions; coverage of social doings and in-depth looks at individuals and events; notification of meetings and happenings; and opinions of staff and others on the important issues and problems facing its communities.

St. Louis Argus

St Louis, MO

The St. Louis Argus is the oldest African American publication in Missouri and sixth oldest in the country. Its aim is to provide content that covers the culture, news, arts, business, and social justice, environmental, and political issues of its community. The Argus advocates on behalf of marginalized people and matters that may sit beyond mainstream media.

10X Your Vote

United States of America 🇺🇸

Find 10 friends who don't vote and we win.

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Latinos con Harris-Walz WhatsApp Channel

Únete al canal oficial de la campaña Harris-Walz para recibir anuncios importantes, contenido exclusivo, y mucho más. (with 28k followers)

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Lab Cultural Ciudadano (LABNL)

Monterrey

Somos un espacio público de producción cultural abierta en dónde todas y todos podemos colaborar, experimentar y prototipar proyectos para el bien común.

Policy Tracker (Tech Policy Press)

Tech Policy Press is tracking laws and regulations, along with government investigations and litigation, that will shape the rules and accountability for tech companies.

캠페인즈에 뱃지가 생겼어요! (Campaign badges)

43, Susaek-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Gamification features on the Parti Campaigns platform

Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S.

"Importantly, people experiencing distress are more likely to engage in collective action on climate change or express a willingness to do so, even when controlling for several correlates of environmental behavior"

Party Data Trust

43, Susaek-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

데이터트러스트는 공익 단체, 공공 기관, 시민, 연구자 등 다양한 주체들이 함께 공익 데이터를 생산, 관리, 공유하는 데이터 거버넌스 체계를 만듭니다. (DataTrust creates a data governance system in which various entities, including public interest organizations, public institutions, citizens, and researchers, work together to produce, manage, and share public interest data)