Ideas: Local politics, search, news
Ideas pulled from a reply post, so that I can remove the 'idea' tag from said reply post, for better organization.
Some ideas for website libraries that I would open source:
- Local Government Meetings Catalogue
- Local Public Officials Catalogue
- Election catalogue (local-focused, but also can cover state & national)
- Journal article writing + source management (I upload all documents & emails & interview audio for nearly every story I write)
- Personal Search Engine (And a version of this idea that is more research & journalism focused)
- A highly organized and categorized search engine. (Ex: search 'python' and it asks if you mean 'snakes' or 'programming languages' and then refines your search within the given category)
- A better news app, to feature u.s. bills, city council meetings, and local news outlets of your choosing.
- A connections tool to map local political relationships (i.e. Mayor is friends with owner of construction company, who's wife serves on the teacher union board, and the union is employed by the School Board, thus creating a connection from the Mayor to the School Board).