Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy
The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.
The carpet industry’s long use of “forever chemicals” has polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South for decades.
MuckRock’s @sunlightresearch.bsky.social provided research on this new investigation.
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Membership | Sunlight Research
The Sunlight Research Desk and MuckRock provide powerful investigative tools and support that help local and independent newsrooms produce more high-impact journalism.
ICYMI: @sunlightresearch.bsky.social launched new membership options that can help your newsroom track down essential documents, analyze complex data sets, and prepare detailed timelines to help your newsroom build the foundation for investigations.
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Membership | Sunlight Research
The Sunlight Research Desk and MuckRock provide powerful investigative tools and support that help local and independent newsrooms produce more high-impact journalism.
From uncovering the federal probation status of a congressional candidate in Arizona to an in-depth examination of why Elon Musk’s Boring Co. has been snatching up real estate along the Las Vegas Loop, Sunlight Research Desk has been invaluable for local newsrooms across the country.
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Membership | Sunlight Research
The Sunlight Research Desk and MuckRock provide powerful investigative tools and support that help local and independent newsrooms produce more high-impact journalism.
In addition to hands-on research support, community workshops, real-time expert assistance and a curated collection of MuckRock tools, your newsroom also gets exclusive workshops that fit your investigative and accountability reporting needs. www.sunlightresearch.net/membership
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Membership | Sunlight Research
The Sunlight Research Desk and MuckRock provide powerful investigative tools and support that help local and independent newsrooms produce more high-impact journalism.
Save time and uncover critical details for impactful stories. 📰
Sunlight Research Desk is launching an updated membership program that gives your newsroom more access to support from the Sunlight Research Desk. www.sunlightresearch.net/membership
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The toxic legacy of Georgia’s carpet empire
The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.
The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” has polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South for decades.
Sunlight Research Desk provided research to @ajc.com on this new reporting.
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Reporting the Rainbow: Covering and Serving the Queer Community
In this workshop, we explore how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed. Building on…
Reporting the Rainbow: Covering and Serving the Queer Community
Last week, Founder of the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism Albert Serna Jr. joined us for our Investigating with Sunlight series to discuss how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed.
Watch on YouTube:
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When jail becomes the mental health treatment plan - AZ Luminaria
Arizona’s competency restoration system pushes people with mental illness into jail. Stacey Brooks’ case shows the dangerous consequences.
In Arizona, Restoration to Competency program is meant to prepare people with mental illness to face trial. Instead, it exposes how Arizona jails have become the state’s default psychiatric wards — with sometimes dangerous consequences.
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Reporting the Rainbow: Covering and Serving the Queer Community | Sunlight Research
In this workshop, we will explore how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed. Building on December’s training about finding data on LGBTQ+ communities,…
Data can reveal patterns and point to emerging stories. Yet it never captures the full reality of a community. Learn how to turn LGBTQ+ data into reporting that is accurate, thoughtful and community-informed.
Join us on Jan. 23 for Reporting the Rainbow.
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Workshops | Sunlight Research Center
Join Sunlight Research Center for in-depth investigative reporting workshops designed to help journalists build their reporting skillsets.
Whether you’re backgrounding a source, tracking campaign money or connecting the dots in public records, Sunlight Research Desk is the support system behind the byline.
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Sunshine Fest 2026 – March 15-17, 2026, Washington, D.C.
Our right to know.
Celebrate government transparency in 2026!
Registration is now open for Sunshine Fest, where we'll celebrate freedom of information from March 15-17 in Washington, D.C. Learn more about conference and how to register: sunshineweek.org/sunshine-fest/
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We're nearing the end of our most important fundraising season. If you believe in a more open, accountable democracy, we’re asking you to stand with us.
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Donate to MuckRock and Sunlight Research Desk
Your donation fuels vital tools such as Sunlight Research Desk, MuckRock Requests, FOIA Machine, DocumentCloud and oTranscribe that promote civic engagement.
By teaming up with MuckRock, Sunlight can offer newsrooms even deeper tools and support, including FOIA services and DocumentCloud’s analysis capabilities.
If you’ve ever tapped our research team for help, attended a workshop, make a donation to support our work today.
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When jail becomes the mental health treatment plan - AZ Luminaria
Arizona’s competency restoration system pushes people with mental illness into jail. Stacey Brooks’ case shows the dangerous consequences.
Criminal justice and health care experts have grown concerned that Pima County’s jail has become the dangerous default for people who need medical treatment, not incarceration.
New from @azluminaria.org with research from Sunlight Research Center:
azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
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When jail becomes the mental health treatment plan - AZ Luminaria
Arizona’s competency restoration system pushes people with mental illness into jail. Stacey Brooks’ case shows the dangerous consequences.
“You don’t want your meds?”
In Pima County jail, a man refusing court-ordered medication was tased, punched and injected anyway. His case is part of a growing reliance on jails to treat mental illness in Arizona: ⬇️
azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
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When jail becomes the mental health treatment plan - AZ Luminaria
Arizona’s competency restoration system pushes people with mental illness into jail. Stacey Brooks’ case shows the dangerous consequences.
Criminal justice and health care experts have grown concerned that Pima County’s jail has become the dangerous default for people who need medical treatment, not incarceration.
New from @azluminaria.org with research from Sunlight Research Center:
azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
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Tracing Truth: The LGBTQ+ Data You Need to Know | Sunlight Research
Join Sunlight Research Center and MuckRock as we host Albert Serna Jr., Founder and Executive Editor at the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism, for a practical workshop on using data to…
Join Sunlight Research Center and MuckRock as we host Albert Serna Jr., Founder and Executive Editor at the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism, for a practical workshop on using data to better understand and report on LGBTQ communities.
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Collaborative of news, education and media outlets pooling resources, time and talent to expand coverage of under-reported issues in New Hampshire 🍁
A bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener and funder dedicated to high quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border.
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