Making Agenda Watch useful to journalists across the country

Keeping tabs on community decision makers is an essential part of a local reporter’s job. Many of us have published stories about school board meetings that stretched deep into the night, or angry residents denouncing the latest housing project before a planning and zoning commission. We’ve unearthed important contracts and controversial new ordinances tucked away in the consent calendars of city council agendas.

Unfortunately, as newsrooms shrink and news deserts expand, a growing number of decisions that affect the local community are made in the dark.

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