Live Coverage: Orange County pilot data + source docs

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For Journalists

Investigative workflows built for public money reporting

followthemoney.xxx helps newsroom teams find patterns, verify records, and publish evidence-backed stories faster.

Lead discovery in minutes

Surface budget spikes, concentration shifts, and contract changes before filing records requests.

Evidence-backed summaries

Every finding links to records, dates, and confidence notes so reporting can move from hunch to verifiable lead.

Story-ready exports

Package charts, transaction tables, and linked source trails into a clean investigation brief.

Suggested newsroom flow

  1. 1Search a city or vendor to identify trend changes over time.
  2. 2Open findings and verify source-linked records in one place.
  3. 3Save rows to investigation workspace and build a narrative pack.
  4. 4Export evidence and share with editor or collaborating reporter.