Below is a list of websites which have information or data which may be helpful to your reporting. If you find any links which don’t work, or would like to make suggestions, please email [email protected].
Philadelphia
- City of Philadelphia: Atlas– crime, documents, inspections, licenses, maps, permits, real estate, zoning
- City of Philadelphia: Board of Ethics– lobbyists
- City of Philadelphia: Board of Ethics– campaign finance, lobbying, financial disclosures
- City of Philadelphia: Board of Ethics, Lobbying– lobbying
- Office of the Philadelphia City Commissioners– elections, voting, data, databases, maps
- Philadelphia Courts: Criminal Calendar– courts, criminal, defendant
- Philadelphia Courts (Municipal): Criminal Filings (defendant search)- criminal, civil, traffic, courts, criminal, defendant
- Philadelphia Courts (case search)- courts
- City of Philadelphia: L&I Property History– licenses, inspections, property
- City of Philadelphia: Office of the Controller: audits, reports
- City of Philadelphia: Open Maps– data, map
- City of Philadelphia: Property Assessment Data: assessment, property
- City of Philadelphia: Property Search– data, property
- City of Philadelphia: Real Estate Tax– real estate, tax, records, revenue, tax, records
- Philadelphia Police Department: Crime Mapper– crime, maps
- MyPhilly– RCO
- Philadelphia Ward Leaders– elections, wards
- OpenDataPhilly– data, databases
- Temple University Libraries: Databases– databases
- Free Library of Philadelphia: Databases– databases
- Committee of Seventy– elections
- Councilmatic– city council, members, bills, resolutions
- eContractPhilly– bids, contracts
- Philadelphia Neighborhoods– map
- The Inquirer: Philadelphia Neighborhoods– map
- ImpactView– animals, arts, culture, education, environment, foreign affairs, health, human services, maps
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System: Case Info– Pennsylvania, courts, dockets
- Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System: Public Records– Pennsylvania, public records
- Pennsylvania Office of Open Records– Pennsylvania, open records
- Pennsylvania Public Notices– Pennsylvania, public notices
National
- Bureau of Labor Statistics– data
- Federal Register– federal, documents
- Open Federal Data– national, data
- OpenSecrets– money, politics
- OpenStates– politics, bills, legislation, representation
- Elected Officials and Districts– elected officials, districts, politicians
- USAFacts– national, data
- GovInfo– government publications from all three branches
- Opportunity Index– poverty
International
- World Bank Open Data, international, data
Tools
- Public Access to Court Electronic Records– courts, records
- Census Reporter– census, data
- Freedom of Information Act– how to
- RefDesk: Journalism Tools– tools
- Google News Initiative: Tools– how to
- ViewDNS.info– tool, dns, website
- JournalistsToolbox– tools
- Nonprofit Explorer– nonprofits, 990
- Archive-It– archives, databases
- MuckRock– public records, right to know
Last updated: April 26, 2019