Cross-Border Resources

Here is a starter lists of links to online data, visualization tools and training opportunities. Please click on “Leave a Reply” to suggest additional links and information that should be on this list.

Online datasets

Business records – compilation of links to online databases by country http://www.investigativedashboard.org/ http://www.datatracker.org/

Farm subsidies – Who’s getting them in EU. http://farmsubsidy.org/

Economic, environmental and military databsets by country through the Ujima Project collaboration http://ujima-project.org/

Archives Portal Europe online gives access to materials and information on archival institutions in 17 countries. http://www.archivesportaleurope.eu

Wikileaks cable search – dataset of cables publicly released so far. http://cablesearch.org/

European library http://search.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/en/index.html

Open Data Directory is a random collection of data sets from many sources and country published by governments, companies, etc. http://open.mflask.com/

European Centre for Computer Assisted Reporting (under construction) http://eccar.org/

Freedom of information

Public records and accountability laws by country (World Bank) https://www.agidata.org/pam/ProfileListByAbc.aspx

Freedom of information records laws in Europe http://www.wobbing.eu/

Collaboration with and assistance from journalists in other countries – Global Investigative Journalists Network http://www.globalinvestigativejournalism.org/

GIJC  tipsheets http://www.gijc2010.ch/en/tip-sheets
and from the 2011 conference in Kyiv: http://www.kaasogmulvad.dk/english/hands-outs-and-plans-for-data-track-at-global-investigative-journalism-conference-in-kiev/

USA Records

Foreign lobbying reports http://www.fara.gov/quick-search.html

http://foreignlobbying.org/

Foreign gifts by country or recipient http://www.legistorm.com/foreign_gifts.html

Foreign travel by members of congress or staff by country of destination http://www.legistorm.com/trip_browse_by_destination_country.html

Corporate and institutional sponsors of foreign travel by members of congress http://www.legistorm.com/trip_browse_by_sponsor/index/letter/I/page/1/sort/sponsor/type/asc.html

SEC – Publicly traded corporate quarterly and annual reports http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm

CCR – Companies doing business with the US government https://www.bpn.gov/CCRSearch/Search.aspx

Guidstar – Nonprofits http://www2.guidestar.org/

PACER – Lawsuits filed in federal court.  You often can get dockets and the entire filing. You pay a small fee per page. http://www.pacer.gov/

NEW: State Agency Databases – GODORT wikis.ala.org. Sponsored by the American Library Assn., this wiki has extensive links to state databases, including sites from the invisible web. http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases/

Tax Assessor Database – Property ownership by state http://www.pulawski.net/

Internet archive – Saves old versions of webpages http://www.archive.org/index.php

Whosis – Who owns the website http://www.whois.sc/

Data visualization tools

Displaying (and finding) data – Manyeyes.org is an easy open source application for creating simple data visualizations. You also can access data uploaded by others. http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/

Displaying (and finding) data – OpenData Socrata http://opendata.socrata.com/

CAR training

Digital Methods Initiative https://www.digitalmethods.net/Digitalmethods/WebHome

Twitter searching and tracking

Tweetdeck http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/

Sources:

Global Investigative Journalism Network www.gijn.org/

GIJC 2010  www.gijc2010.ch/en/tip-sheets

Investigative Reporters and Editors www.ire.org

Meg Smith, Washington Post, http://www.delicious.com/megsmith/

Deborah Nelson, University of Maryland http://debjnelson.com dnelson@jmail.umd.edu

Online investigative reporting manuals:

Follow the Money: A Digital Guide for Tracking Corruption, by Paul Radu http://www.icfj.org/Resources/FollowtheMoney/tabid/1170/Default.aspx

Story-based Inquiry: A Manual for Investigative Journalists, by Mark Hunter

English: http://markleehunter.free.fr/documents/SBI_english.pdf

Russian: http://markleehunter.free.fr/documents/SBI_RUS.pdf

To Tell You the Truth, by International Federation of Journalists http://ethicaljournalisminitiative.org/pdfs/EJI_book_en.pdf (large file)

Investigative Journalism Manual, by FAIR http://investigative-journalism-africa.info/?page_id=2

Digging Deeper, by Sheila S. Coronel and BIRN http://birn.eu.com/en/1/70/26022/

Country Specific Phone Services from Toby Lyles, New York Times, at the IRE Ethnic Media Watchdog Workshop.

Australia http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/initResSearch.do

Belize/San Pedro http://ambergriscaye.com/phonebook

Canada Canada411 http://www.canada411.ca

Infobel-Canada http://www.infobel.com/can

Columbia http://www.paginasamarillas.com/pagamanet/web/homewhite.aspx?ipa=1&idi=2

France http://www.infobel.com/france/wp/search

http://www.infospace.com/info/intldb/pplfindint.htm?QO=FR

http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/trouverunnom/RecherchePagesBlanches.do

Germany  Gelbe-Seiten http://www.gelbeseiten.de/yp/quick.yp

DasTelefonbuch (English) http://www2.dastelefonbuch.de/?la=en

Greece Grecian http://www.grecian.net/peoplesearch

Guam White Pages http://www.phonebook.com/directory/Guam-white-pages.php

Hong Kong http://www.hkt.com/eng/CustomerSupport/Directories/1081DirectoryInquiries.html

Iceland http://www.simaskra.is

India  NumberWay Directory http://www.numberway.com/phone-numbers/186

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. http://www.bsnl.co.in/onlinedirectory.htm

India.com http://www.indiacom.com/yellowpage/telephonedirectories.asp

Ireland http://www.goldenpages.ie/resSearch.asp

Israel Bezeq http://www.b144.co.il

English Front-End to Bezeq http://stevemorse.org/hebrew/bezeq.html

Reverse phone number search http://441il.com/reverse_lookup/phone_number/israel.html

Italy http://www.paginebianche.it

Mexico http://www.paginasamarillas.com/Mexico/TodoslosEstados/ES/PaginasAmarillas-Mexico.aspx

Netherlands  http://www.detelefoongids.nl name=naam city=woonplaats.Search=Zoeken

Philippines http://www.pinoysearch.com

Portugal http://www.white.yellowpages.pt

Puerto Rico http://escape.topuertorico.com/wpages

Singapore http://www.phonebook.com

Spain Telefónica http://www.infobel.com/en/spain

United Kingdom

http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/residential/search.publisha

http://www.infospace.com/_1_8SRUEN0MKIE5H__uk/index_ppl_uk.htm

http://www.infobel.com/UK/wp/search

http://www.ultimatedirectory.co.uk

$ 192.com http://www.192.com

Tipsheets from the  2011 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kyiv:

http://www.kaasogmulvad.dk/english/hands-outs-and-plans-for-data-track-at-global-investigative-journalism-conference-in-kiev/