Consolidation in the Internet Economy

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Open internet

Pocket Reporter is an mobile app that can be used as a personal news editor for journalists. The app is available in Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Portuguese and Spanish.

The California Report Card was developed by the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative at UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Office of Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom. The California Report Card explores how smartphones and networks can enhance communication between the public and government leaders.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

Daily situation reports and data from the World Health Organization

• COVID
• COVID Data Projects

Smarter choices for a better world

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Digital literacy

• Report cards and audits

From bikes to scooters and everything in between, dockless mobility offers cities a range of new options and challenges. Ride Report is your comprehensive toolset to manage emerging mobility services.

• apps
• cycling

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

We have created and collected guidance to support accurate and responsible reporting on coronavirus, which will be regularly updated with new information.

• COVID
• COVID Media Projects

White paper analysis of the Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) activities to influence US politics

• reports

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

a selection of guidelines and discussions produced by First Draft on reporting disinformation around coronavirus and other topics ethically and responsibly, as well as a curated list of other resources to help you navigate potential issues covering what the WHO has called an ‘infodemic’.

• COVID
• COVID Media Projects

Variations in usage of civic tech across four core countries (US, UK, Kenya and South Africa) and the attitudes of users towards the platforms they are using.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Census Reporter provides useful facts about every place in America. Compare places using tables and maps, download data, and embed charts on your site!

• census

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Extensive Tracxn 2018 report on the Govtech startup investment landscape.

• reports

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Building in the private sector

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, jointly with the executive department that issues the most federal grant awards, to: (1) establish government-wide data standards for information reported by grant recipients, (2) issue guidance directing federal agencies to apply those standards, and (3) require the publication of recipient-reported data collected from all agencies on a single public website.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Digital upheaval also means a whole universe of tools and techniques are out there to make your reporting easier, faster, harder, smarter.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Twitter Vote Report (TVR) was an all-volunteer nonpartisan online project designed to encourage voters in the 2008 U.S. presidential election to submit brief accounts of their voting experiences using mobile and online tools.

• X (Twitter)

• The Tech
• Media
• Engagement tech

Using 311 Data to Drive Change and Manage Performance

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data visualization
• Evaluate impact

U-Report is a free SMS social monitoring tool for community participation, designed to address issues that people care about

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

A 10-week program for journalists of all levels to learn our community-centered reporting process while covering the South and West Sides

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Google shares aggregate location data with public officials to show where stay-in-place orders are being followed

• civic features
• mobility

• COVID
• COVID Data Projects

It’s not just for financial institutions; government agencies can use this digital ledger technology to protect trusted records and simplify interactions with citizens.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

The civic tech field has expanded so widely in recent years, it’s hard to think of a major city or an area of civic life that these technologies don’t touch. In this dynamic environment, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has been a field leader, investing over $25 million since 2010 in projects […]

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Grades how Chicago and Cook County government agencies share important meeting information like agendas, minutes and schedules with the public

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Advocacy tech

UN report of 200 mobile data for social good projects

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

Our report, “A Fourth Wave of Open Data? Exploring the Spectrum of Scenarios for Open Data and Generative AI,” (May 2024) provides a new framework and recommendations to support open data providers and other interested parties in making open data “ready” for generative AI.

• reports

• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Open civic data

[W]e explore c.125 companies operating in the Responsible AI space

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The only solution that combines an AI grant-writer, a case management system, a CRM, a booking platform and impact reporting — so you can get more funding, keep costs low, and keep all your information in one place.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Nonprofit tech
• Fundraising tools

A special report by Micah Sifry

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Reports

Track your policy impact

• Media and social media analysis
• Evaluate impact
• Research tools

AI-powered database where you can search California's legislators, lobbyists, donors, gifts, travel, bills, transcripts, videos, supporters, and organizations

• state

• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Sets out best practices and actions online platforms can take to implement more robust support for Human Rights Defenders under threat

• human rights
• reports

• Digital security and privacy
• Foundational layers

This report delves specifically into the limited publication of written decisions by criminal court judges.

• Justice tech

8-month pilot to test 12 computer-vision sensors across four boroughs of NYC to employ machine vision and improve street-level data collection and improve planning decisions

• cities
• mobility
• streetscape

• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning
• Machine vision

This report reviews Citi Bike’s performance to-date and recommends a comprehensive contract overhaul to ensure more reliable and equitable service, with a strategic mix of performance standards, attention to equitable service, and incentives to enable Citi Bike to thrive as a key element of the transportation network – whether under Lyft or a new operator.

• mobility
• cities
• Reduced inequalities

• Civic data
• Data science for social good

CheckIT is a flexible, event-based mobile inspection tool designed by VPUU to improve the delivery of essential services in Cape Town’s informal settlements.

• informal settlements

• Issue reporting

What is your city doing to upgrade informal settlements?

• informal settlements
• housing
• cities

• Civic data
• Report cards and audits

Voice Of the People (VOP) is a nonpartisan organization working to re-anchor our democracy in its founding principles by giving ‘We the People’ a greater and more effective voice in government.

• Policy simulators

What might it sound like if a reporter in rural Missouri partnered with a reporter in New York City to together explore contentious issues and uplift common ground?

• students

• Media
• Journalism
• Polarization

A11yBuddy is the software behind an innovative web portal that empowers everyone to report and track digital accessibility issues.

• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Scrutinizing what steps platforms have taken to protect election integrity globally

• reports
• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections

Custom GPT tool to help journalists in the Philippines to parse long government audit reports for anomalies

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Journalism

A ten-year anniversary retrospective on the Humanitarian Data Exchange, which was accessed by 1.4 million people in 230 countries to download 2.7 million open humanitarian datasets in 2023.

• reports

• Civic data
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

the EU’s largest interdisciplinary network to  counter disinformation.

• Fight disinformation
• Research and policy centers
• Factchecking

SeeSay2020.com was an online tool that allowed voters to report instances of misinformation, voting machine issues, polling place wait times, and more, with the goal to attract media and legal attention to verified, ongoing issues in real time.

• US Election 2020

• Graveyard
• Voting and elections
• Civic maps

Exposing protection gaps in digital transformation programmes

• reports

• Digital security and privacy
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

SocorroBot is an interactive guide designed to assist individuals in the process of reporting a missing person in Mexico.

• WhatsApp
• missing people

• Bots
• Legal tech
• Crowdsourcing

Pulitzer Center: Working with journalists and newsrooms that represent the diversity of the communities affected by AI technologies, the Network seeks to address the knowledge imbalance on artificial intelligence that exists in the journalism industry and to create a multidisciplinary and collaborative ecosystem that enables journalists to report on this fast-evolving topic with skill, nuance, and impact.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism
• Fellowships

This year we assess the AI readiness of 193 governments across the world. We are also introducing an interactive map to make our data more accessible!

• reports

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Report cards and audits

“Lokalni Index Otvorenosti” je kompozitni indikator koji mjeri stepen otvorenosti lokalnih samouprava prema građanima u Bosni i Hercegovini.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Report cards and audits