An online Colorado news source, Face the State, is now offering a monthly award for investigative reporting.
Read the piece that won for March, written by citizen-journalist and Colorado resident Natalie Menten. It is well-researched and obviously deserving.
Why is the existing “local media” so poor at investigating and reporting these kinds of stories?
Why is it left to private citizens to dig and delve (and spend their own money on FOIA requests) as they look for transparency in and accountablity from government?
We need transparency laws in every state. The check registers of state and municipal agencies should be posted online for all to see.
Tags: citizen journalism, Colorado, example, government checkbooks online, Natalie Menten, wasteful spending
Today’s edition of Chuck Muth’s Nevada News and Views draws some interesting comparisons between Nevada and Colorado politics apropro of this piece by Fred Barnes @ The Weekly Standard. Barnes breaks down the dynamics of the recent Democratic surge in Colorado; Muth cites similar examples from Nevada and says we may be headed in the same direction this November.
Is Muth on the money with his analysis that Democrats are way ahead of the GOP with grassroots efforts in the great swing state of Nevada? If you’ve been watching the local political and non-profit Want Ad pages (as I have) you’d have to say Yes. See here and here and here and here and here. All are “Hiring Now” ads for Democratic and/or Progressive campaign workers and/or canvassers in Las Vegas (where most of Nevada’s population resides).
I couldn’t find even ONE ad for/from the GOP. What gives?! (Please send me the link(s) if you can find any. I’d love to be corrected!)
Tags: Blogs of Nevada, campaign workers, canvassers, Chuck Muth, Colorado, Democrats, Fred Barnes, grassroots, Las Vegas, November, political, Republicans, The Weekly Standard, want ads
