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Resource Libraries

Download-able climate science graphics, plus reports and briefs

Climate Central

About Climate Central

Guides for reporters, and a collection of data, research, and scholarship centered on the criminal legal system

Prison Policy Initiative (PPI)

Journalist Toolkit

Toolkits & Guides

Tools for invesitgating with open sources

Bellingcat

Online Investigation Toolkit

Data Organization & Analysis

Methods and tools for investigators, creative solutions to modern reporting roadblocks

Exposing the Invisible - Tactical Tech

About Tactical Tech

Background on federal data

A timeline of changes to government data, records, and accountability starting in January, 2025

National Security Archive

A Disappearing Data Chronology

An analysis of Trump's impact on the 11 federal statistical agencies, one year into his second term

American Statistical Association (ASA)

The Nation’s Data at Risk: 2025 Report

Documents the impact of anti-trans policies on federal data

UCLA Williams Institute

stats and sources

Lists efforts and organizations dedicated to preserving and improving public data

Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE)

U.S. Data Action Hub

Statistics on federal cuts to science and reserach in 2025

Nature

US Science After a Year of Trump

A registry of former governement employees who are open to being contacted

Former Gov

Directory

other

Examples of innovations and public goods that resulted from federally-funded research

Public USA Research Benefits

Research Library

Includes fact sheets on climate change, the impacts of cuts to various Federal agencies, and more

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Resource Catalog

Fact sheets, commentary, best practices, and other resources to support food safety and public health communications

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

Resource Hub

MAHA Report Op-Ed Template

The Kit

Navigating Sensitive Stories: A Guide to Ethical Engagement with Vulnerable Sources

Unlocking Data from PDFs

Behind the Data: Investigating metadata

Toolkits, data, and best practices for reporting on the carceral system, plus walk-throughs of the reporting processes behind some of Marshall's biggest investigations

The Marshall Project

About The Marshall Project

Investigate This!

Resources to Power Your Criminal Justice Reporting

How to Get Records the Criminal Justice System Doesn’t Want You to Have

How to Report on Deaths in Jails and Prisons

How to Report on Banned Books in Prisons in Your State

Removal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from Federal Data Collections

Scientific experts available for comment, listed by area of expertise

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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Reporting & Communications Resources

Everything you need to cover the independent research beat

Mar 17, 2026

Covering independent research and the fight to preserve public knowledge requires reliable sources, data, and expert insight. The resources below provide reporters and communicators with research libraries, graphics, expert directories, statistics, and background materials to help explain how science, policy, and public data intersect.