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•  Teaching Resources •  About Professor Grimes •  Contact Professor Grimes •  Political Reporting Resources •  Quotes •  PressJunkie Resources Here are some resources for political reporting: Political Reporting Resources >  TRACFED An awesome database of all sorts of federal documents, masterminded by David Burnham and Sue Long >  FactCheck The model for fact-checking ads and political assertions >  Project Vote Smart A non-partisan datababase >  An Election Glossary Tour-de-force site with basic info and good story examples >  NewsLab A great resource by veteran TV journalist Deborah Potter, with tips on doing better reporting >  Court TV >  Resources for Covering Communities A collection of tips and resources from the Knight Chair in Community Journalism >  Sunlight on New York state government A great resource for checking the records of New York elected officials. >  Voting rights resources A compilation of links related to voting rights resources compiled by Poynter columnist David Shedden. >  Journalist's Toolbox A great roundup of links and resources -- where to find out stuff. >  OpenBook NY database on government spending Great database on local/state government spending >  Grammar-Spelling-Punctuation-Style Great site to practice those basic language/newswriting skills. >  Covering Poverty: A Toolkit for Journalists Great Tip Sheets, Links and other resources from the University of Georgia >  Watchdog Search by district or elected official. Find voting records, demographics, campaign contributions etc. >  SourceWatch Find out who's behind the news. >  Little Sis See connections between government officials and organizations and companies. >  OpenCongress Track bills, representatives, funding and votes in Congress. >  GovTrack.us A database of votes, bills and representation in Congress. >  GovernmentDoc.org Find government documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Law. >  The Foreign Lobbying Influence Tracker See how foreign interests influence U.S. policies. Follow the Money >  The Federal Elections Commission >  The Internal Revenue Service >  Center for Responsive Politics >  Federal spending database A searchable database of federal spending: a way to see where your tax dollars go. >  Follow the Money Find out ways in which money shapes state policies.

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