Mediagazer: Crowdsourcing campaign spending: What ProPublica learned from Free the Files (Amanda Zamora/Nieman Journalism Lab)

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Amanda Zamora / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Crowdsourcing campaign spending: What ProPublica learned from Free the Files — Editor's note: Back in September, we told you about Free the Files, a project from ProPublica that tried to harness the energies of the crowd to sift through (virtual) stacks of documents regarding political ad spending at local television stations.

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