Congresspedia's Conor Kenny spearheading creating of "wiki"-based database on incumbent challengers and winners

MGP2006 alum Conor Kenny (202-742-1520 / ckenny@congresspedia.org) writes to describe the "wiki the vote" effort of his Center for Media & Democracy, which co-produces the Congresspedia.org website.  "Congresspedia is a great place to both find information and put up your own research on Congress, but we also see fostering citizen journalism on other sites as a large part of what we and our friends at the Sunlight Foundation are trying to do," says Kenny.  He says Congresspedia, launched earlier this year, handling 60,000 to 80,000 visitors a day pre-mid-term election -- folks trying to find information about candidates and incmbents. Now they want the public to help flesh out profiles and create new ones.

See:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SourceWatch:Election_2006

Also:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Congresspedia

Kenny says the affiliated Sunlight Network, which organizes for greater transparency in government, also has several programs that may be of interest. Follow the links:

-- Sunlight Labs ( http://www.sunlightlabs.org/ ): Free web-based tools, including the popular "Popup Politicians" and "Earmark Map," which mashes up Google Maps with congressional appropriations.

-- Sunlight Foundation ( http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/ ): Original muckraking by professional and citizen journalists. References and guides for online journalism. Free PR services for citizen journalists with scoops.

-- Sunlight Network ( http://www.sunlightnetwork.com/ ): Advocates for greater transparency in government.