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4 Minute Roundup: Sunlight Foundation Tracks Money in Politics

by Mark Glaser, October 29, 2010

Tagged: election coverage, ellen miller, knight foundation, money in politics, politicalshift 2010, sunlight foundation, sunlight live

4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.

In this week's 4MR podcast I talk with Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller about their efforts to track down the biggest donors in this year's election races. On Election Night, they will run their Sunlight Live platform that will give details on who has donated to whom as live video shows the winners and losers. Miller also talks about Sunlight's recent $1.2 million grant from the Knight Foundation.

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Listen to my entire interview with Ellen Miller:

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Background music is "What the World Needs" by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.

Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:

Sunlight Foundation

Sunlight Live on Election Night

Sunlight Foundation to build 'National Data Apps' with Knight grant at Poynter

10 Projects That Help Citizens Become Government Watchdogs at PBS MediaShift (2009)

Sunlight Foundation Mixes Tech, Citizen Journalism to Open Congress at PBS MediaShift (2007)

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Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.

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\n\n4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.\n\nIn this week's 4MR podcast I talk with Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller about their efforts to track down the biggest donors in this year's election races. On Election Night, they will run their Sunlight Live platform that will give details on who has donated to whom as live video shows the winners and losers. Miller also talks about Sunlight's recent \$1.2 million grant from the Knight Foundation.\n\nCheck it out:\n\n

\n\n\n\n>>> \"Subscribe to 4MR\":http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/audio_podcast.xml <<<\n\n>>> \"Subscribe to 4MR via iTunes\":itpc://www.pbs.org/mediashift/audio_podcast.xml <<<\n\nListen to my entire interview with Ellen Miller:\n\n

\n\n\n\nBackground music is \"What the World Needs\" by the \"The Ukelele Hipster Kings\":http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=1930 via PodSafe Music Network. \n\nHere are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:\n\n\"Sunlight Foundation\":http://sunlightfoundation.com/\n\n\"Sunlight Live on Election Night\":http://sunlightfoundation.com/live/\n\n\"Sunlight Foundation to build 'National Data Apps' with Knight grant\":http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=134&aid=192923 at Poynter\n\n\"10 Projects That Help Citizens Become Government Watchdogs\":http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/11/10-projects-that-help-citizens-become-government-watchdogs307.html at PBS MediaShift (2009)\n\n\"Sunlight Foundation Mixes Tech, Citizen Journalism to Open Congress\":http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/04/sunlight-foundation-mixes-tech-citizen-journalism-to-open-congress094.html at PBS MediaShift (2007)\n\nAlso, be sure to vote in our poll about how social media is affecting politics:\n\n\n

How will social media affect the U.S. midterm elections?online surveys

\n\nMark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and \"Idea Lab\":http://www.pbs.org/idealab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the \"Online Publishers Association\":http://www.online-publishers.org. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter \"@mediatwit\":http://www.twitter.com/mediatwit.\n\n\n\n4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.

Sunlight Foundation's director Ellen Miller

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