I usually run two spotlights per month, but this month I have so many great projects, I decided to do a mini-spotlight to get the word out about more projects. I spoke with ProPublica about how they tracked TARP recipients and created a public resource that even the government hadn’t released.

ProPublica Puts Spotlight on Tracking TARP Money

The TARP bill was passed in October, but the Treasury Department did not start releasing any details on approval until about a month later. For a while, the only way for Kiel to find out what was happening was to track down the information himself.

Published: January 30, 2009

Publication: Publication: PBS MediaShift, a blog that tracks how new media — from weblogs to podcasts to citizen journalism — are changing society and culture.

Skills: Writing, Interviews

Medium: Text