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The new Qwen2-VL-7B Instruct model gets *100%* accuracy extracting text from this handwritten document. This is the first open weights model (Apache 2.0) that I've seen OCR this accurately. (Thank you Florent Daudens for the tip!) huggingface.co/spaces/Ganymed…

You're welcome Mistral AI 🤣

📢🎉 Rare + exciting news: We're hiring another ProPublica engagement reporter! boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/job… Join our team of rockstars (maryam مريم jameel Maya Miller Byard Duncan Asia Fields Jessica Priest) and do stories that shed light on injustices and hold the powerful accountable.

NEW: Arrest of Alleged Terrorgram Collective Leaders Sows Panic in Neo-Nazi Telegram Channels propublica.org/article/telegr… A.C. Thompson Brandon Roberts and James Bandler

NEW INVESTIGATION: Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ Natalie Lung Aaron W. Gordon ಠ_ಠ bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

There's new data in the @ProPublica 527 explorer! Over 100k new records are available from these political nonprofits. We're nearing an election, so the IRS filing schedule is increased. The result: very fresh data. The data now covers up to October 16. projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/

Post election reports are in on ProPublica's 527 explorer. We just released ~350k new contributions and expenditures since our last update on Oct 19. As always, we'd love to hear back from anyone who is working with these kinds of records. projects.propublica.org/527-explorer

you guys asked for a story on the Capitol Hill coyote I give you 1,200+ words on coyote seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h…

New app alert: Private School Demographics See how private schools in your area stack up to public schools. The source, the NCES private school survey, is messy self-reported data. We spent a lot of time cleaning it so that it can be of use to you! propublica.org/article/propub…

New data has been released on ProPublica's 527 Explorer! Quarter 4 (Oct-Dec) 2024 filings are in, which means over half a million new records are available. Browse them yourself 👉 projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/ If you find this useful, we'd love to hear from you as always.

The End of Term Presidential Harvest 2024 (scrape) project is well underway! Initial scrape of .gov started in Oct 2024. You can suggest pages for close ongoing monitoring. If you think certain pages, social media, will change, nominate them here: digital2.library.unt.edu/nomination/eth…

During a special lighting talk at #NICAR25, it was brought to our attention that some organizations on Nonprofit Explorer can only be surfaced by typing in the EIN 🫣 We just deployed a fix for this! All names are now searchable. Thx Tisha Thompson projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/sea…

The closure of the CDC's entire FOIA office violates FOIA and the Administrative Procedures Act. Americans deserve to have transparency into the CDC’s operations. That's why we sued. citizensforethics.org/legal-action/l…

Student journalists are stepping up big rn

📊 JUST UPDATED: 527 Explorer database now includes 140k new records following the IRS Q1 2025 filing deadline for 527 organizations. Found something interesting? Reach out! projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/

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BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." ProPublica's Robert Faturechi Brandon Roberts have the exclusive story. propublica.org/article/pam-bo…

New: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sold stocks two days before Trump announced a plan for reciprocal tariffs in February. Robert Faturechi Brandon Roberts have the story. propublica.org/article/sean-d…

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sank the Market propublica.org/article/us-off… Robert Faturechi Pratheek Rebala Brandon Roberts

Job alert ‼️ We're looking for someone to join us for a two-year fellowship, helping us responsibly leverage AI in our tip/lead/scoop gathering process. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/job…