PublicLedger
An investigative research workspace for journalists that uses AI to map relationships between public figures, court filings, financial disclosures, and news archives.
Investigative reporters and small accountability-journalism teams
- Network graph linking people, organizations, and events into a visual web
- Document ingestion with entity extraction from PDFs and court records
- Timeline builder for a public figure's history of statements and appearances
- Source citations attached to every claim for editorial review
High-profile stories about figures connected to historic scandals show growing demand for tools that help journalists trace accountability threads faster and more rigorously.
200+ searches plus CNN coverage of figures in accountability stories shows real audience appetite for investigative reportingGIJN's Top Investigative Tools of 2024 ↗
Tools like Maltego exist but lack AI-native document understanding for journalistsGIJN's Top Investigative Tools of 2024 ↗
B2B seats at $30-100/mo for newsrooms and freelance journalistsGIJN's Top Investigative Tools of 2024 ↗
Investigative journalism is evergreen but individual story cycles are short
Entity-extraction pipelines and graph databases are mature; build is moderate