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Free training, tools and resources for journalists, advocates, activists and campaigns, with a focus on Idaho transparency, civic data and liberty.

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🔎 Applications: Search

5 apps. This page updates itself when items move between sections.

Search and monitoring tools: Idaho News (no AI), US and Idaho News Priority, the Windows news programs, OSINT Monitor and Source Checker.

In this section
  1. Source Checker™ App AI tool Web only
  2. OSINT Monitor™ App AI tool Web only
  3. Idaho News™ (no AI) App Non-AI tool Web and desktop
  4. US and Idaho News Priority™ (uses AI) App AI tool Web and desktop
  5. Idaho News and News Priority for Windows™ App AI tool Desktop

🔗 Source Checker™ App AI tool Web only

A tool you run. Most apps work in the browser and upload nothing.

Audits an article's sourcing in four passes: fetches every cited link to see whether it still works, decides whether each citation is the original record or a retelling, finds more authoritative sources where they exist, and lists the factual claims carrying no source at all.

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📡 OSINT Monitor™ App AI tool Web only

A tool you run. Most apps work in the browser and upload nothing.

Multi-source OSINT aggregator. Pulls headlines and posts matching configured modifiers (Jerome County, Magic Valley, named individuals, general Idaho news), dedups, and prioritizes each list by a 5-axis score (lies / smears / violations / concerns / drama). Exposes RSS + JSON for embedding.

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📰 Idaho News™ (no AI) App Non-AI tool Web and desktop

A tool you run. Most apps work in the browser and upload nothing.

The most recent news for Idaho or any state, with no AI. Pick a state (Idaho is the default), a time window, your own searches and preloaded ones (emergencies, elections, taxes, data centers, renewable energy, local places and more). Pulls Google News and Bing News, merges duplicate stories into one entry that lists every outlet, and can add OSINT sources: Reddit, Bluesky, Substack and watchdog terms. Export to CSV.

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🧭 US and Idaho News Priority™ (uses AI) App AI tool Web and desktop

A tool you run. Most apps work in the browser and upload nothing. Needs a sign-in.

Same news search as Idaho News, with AI that ranks the results, a paywall check and other outlets for each written post, and an optional Generate keywords button that reads the whole article: Idaho and national emergencies and incidents first, then Idaho politics, Idaho business, Magic Valley local news, Idaho general and US general news. Groups stories by topic (data centers, renewable energy, elections, taxes and more). Any state, default Idaho, with the same engines and OSINT options. Can run on keyword ranking with no AI cost. Needs an AI-access account.

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💻 Idaho News and News Priority for Windows™ App AI tool Desktop

A tool you run. Most apps work in the browser and upload nothing.

Two free Windows programs that run the news searches on your own PC: Idaho News (no AI, no key) and US and Idaho News Priority (AI ranking, grouping and writing with your own Anthropic key, kept in Windows Credential Manager). Installer or portable zip, no account with this site.

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