The Journalist’s Resource convened a hands-on demo to help journalists understand SAM.gov, a database of federal contracts.

The Journalist’s Resource and Econofact recently hosted a webinar featuring two trade economists and an NPR producer whose reporting teams have covered tariffs. Watch the recording and read key ...

Tech journalists, read this explainer to understand what legislators are doing to improve broadband access and affordability across states.

An earlier version of this article first appeared on Austin Kocher’s Substack. We’ve edited it for style and republished it with permission. Even while staying busy with my own research, I try to read ...

In early June, President Donald Trump issued an executive order authorizing the federal deployment of state National Guard troops, asserting protesters in “numerous incidents” were preventing federal ...

As the chief demographer at the nonprofit Data Center in New Orleans, Allison Plyer receives hundreds of data requests and questions each year. The Data Center compiles and analyzes data from multiple ...

When states take on debt, it’s usually for large infrastructure projects that may benefit multiple generations — for example, replacing bridges, building hospitals, or expanding highways and transit ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to influence U.S. medical practice have drawn new attention to the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Little known by the public, the USPSTF plays an ...

There are substantial differences in the amount, content and characteristics of research papers that Democratic and Republican congressional committees and right- or left-leaning think tanks cite in ...

An earlier version of this post about ICE arrest data first appeared on Austin Kocher’s Substack page. We’ve lightly edited it for style and republished it here with his permission. From Day 1 of the ...

If you report on colleges and universities in the U.S., you need at least a basic understanding of where they get their money and how they use it. Higher education funding is complicated, in part ...