Sunlight Research Desk
Powering investigative journalism. Serving local newsrooms. A project of @muckrock.com.
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- From uncovering the federal probation status of a congressional candidate in Arizona to an in-depth examination of why Elon Musk’s Boring Co. has been snatching up real estate along the Las Vegas Loop, Sunlight Research Desk has been invaluable for local newsrooms across the country.
- Save time and uncover critical details for impactful stories. 📰 Sunlight Research Desk is launching an updated membership program that gives your newsroom more access to support from the Sunlight Research Desk. www.sunlightresearch.net/membership
- The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” has polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South for decades. Sunlight Research Desk provided research to @ajc.com on this new reporting.
- Last week, Founder of the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism Albert Serna Jr. joined us for our Investigating with Sunlight series to discuss how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed. Watch on YouTube:
- On Friday at 1 p.m. ET learn how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed with Albert Serna Jr., founder of the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism. Register today:
- In Arizona, Restoration to Competency program is meant to prepare people with mental illness to face trial. Instead, it exposes how Arizona jails have become the state’s default psychiatric wards — with sometimes dangerous consequences.
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- Whether you’re backgrounding a source, tracking campaign money or connecting the dots in public records, Sunlight Research Desk is the support system behind the byline. Learn more about our monthly workshops:
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- Learn how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed. Join us on Jan. 23 for Reporting the Rainbow: Covering and Serving the Queer Community. www.sunlightresearch.net/event-detail...
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- By teaming up with MuckRock, Sunlight can offer newsrooms even deeper tools and support, including FOIA services and DocumentCloud’s analysis capabilities. If you’ve ever tapped our research team for help, attended a workshop, make a donation to support our work today.
- Learn how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed. Join us on Jan. 23 for Reporting the Rainbow: Covering and Serving the Queer Community: www.sunlightresearch.net/event-detail...
- Learn how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed. Join us on Jan. 23 for Reporting the Rainbow: Covering and Serving the Queer Community: www.sunlightresearch.net/event-detail...
- Join us tomorrow as we host Albert Serna Jr., founder and executive editor at the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism, for a free workshop on using data to better understand and report on LGBTQ+ communities.
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- This Thursday, join us as we host Albert Serna Jr., Founder and Executive Editor at the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism, for a workshop on using data to better understand and report on LGBTQ communities.
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- Criminal justice and health care experts have grown concerned that Pima County’s jail has become the dangerous default for people who need medical treatment, not incarceration. New from @azluminaria.org with research from Sunlight Research Center: azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
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- New from @wyofile.com with contributions from Sunlight Research Center: Billionaire couple B. Wayne Jr. and Molly Hughes are exerting major influence in Wyoming through their charitable foundation, political giving and more. wyofile.com/politics-pre...
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- Join Sunlight Research Center and MuckRock as we host Albert Serna Jr., Founder and Executive Editor at the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism, for a practical workshop on using data to better understand and report on LGBTQ communities.
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- Sunlight Research Center is now part of the Journalism Support Exchange, a free matchmaking tool designed to help local news organizations find the resources and support they need faster and more effectively. Learn more about JSX:
- New analysis reveals the full scope of how Elon Musk's Boring Co. is building out a real-estate network along the path of the Las Vegas Loop. thenevadaindependent.com/article/why-...
- Finding the truth buried in decades-old evidence in our workshop on reopening and reporting on cold cases with award-winning investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell.
- Government data is disappearing, but Sunlight Research Center's tipsheet explores what you can do to keep track of data relevant to your research and reporting.
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- 🚇✨ Why is Elon Musk’s Boring Co. quietly buying up real estate along the Las Vegas Loop? Our member newsroom @TheNVIndy just published this story by Oona Milliken. 👉 thenevadaindependent.com/article/why-... #InvestigativeJournalism #ElonMusk #LasVegasLoop
- 🐄🛰️ AI meets agriculture. @wisconsinwatch.org reporter Bennet Goldstein shows how satellites + machine learning can help identify and prevent illegal manure spreading on frozen fields. #InvestigativeJournalism #AI #DataJournalism 🔗 wisconsinwatch.org/2024/03/wisc...
- 🌍 This Friday! Join Sunlight Research Center + Anna Massoglia for a workshop on tracking global business + influence. 🕐 Oct 31, 12–1 PM ET Follow the money across borders + uncover who really controls companies. #InvestigativeJournalism #Transparency
- 🚘🌲 The Sunlight team hit the road this month! We spoke at IRE’s AccessFest 2025 + the National Press Foundation conference, sharing tools to help journalists protect + uncover public data. #InvestigativeJournalism #AccessFest2025 #NPF 🔗 www.sunlightresearch.net/resources
- Big news: Sunlight Research Center is joining MuckRock! Together, we're creating a capacity- building engine, expanding tools, training and hands-on support for local investigative reporting. #InvestigativeReporting #LocalNews #LocalJournalism
- 🕵️♀️ Two powerful workshops coming up from @SunlightResearch! 💼 Oct 31: Money, Movement, and Misdirection w/ Anna Massoglia 🕵️ Nov 14: Cracking Open Cold Cases w/ Jerry Mitchell Learn, connect, investigate. #InvestigativeJournalism #Transparency
- 📚🎸 It’s #BannedBooksWeek & @muckrock.com is going on tour! They’re teaming up with @themarshallproject.org, @transjournalists.org , & @404media.co to track what books are being banned in schools, libraries, & prisons. 👉 muckrock.com/news/archive... #FOIA #Censorship
- 🏫 What’s next for UNC Asheville? @avlwatchdog dives deep into Chancellor Kimberly van Noort’s leadership & the tensions shaping the university’s future. 👉 avlwatchdog.org/unc-ashevill... #LocalNews #Accountability
- 🕵️ Reporting during a shutdown? Our Research Guide is your cheat sheet for finding documents and data fast. Filter by topic or resource type and get straight to the facts.
- 🔎Sunlight Member Spotlight 🔎 🌲 Yellowstone and Grand Teton will stay partly open during the government shutdown. Services will be limited, raising concerns about safety, access, and preservation. 🚧 #NationalParks
