Sunlight Foundation hands off data tools to ProPublica, The Marshall Project

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ProPublica and The Marshall Project have stepped forward to assume control over several data tools from The Sunlight Foundation’s data tools division in an effort to maintain and update the research and analytical tools that Sunlight, an open government advocacy group, can no longer afford to preserve.

ProPublica, the independent investigative newsroom, is taking on five federal legislative tools from Sunlight Labs, including Politiwoops, which tracks deleted tweets from politicians. The Marshall Project, another nonprofit news outlet, will assume control over the Hall of Justice, which contains datasets and research about criminal justice. The Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in politics, has also stepped forward to take over two campaign finance data tool, as have The Department of Commerce and Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute. ProPublica will assume control over the five tools immediately, ProPublica deputy managing editor Scott Klein said in a post about the changes. Come Election Day, the nonprofit news site will implement a series of larger changes to the tools, and will integrate them into existing ProPublica datasets and tools, he said. The other transfers will be completed on a rolling basis through November 10, Sunlight Labs director Kat Duffy said in a post about the changes. None of the organizations will receive financial assistance from Sunlight in order to take over these projects.


Sunlight Foundation hands off data tools to ProPublica, The Marshall Project