Comprehensive Database
From your state legislature to your town's planning commission, we have thousands of U.S.-based entities available. Don't see the organization you need? We'll add it for you.
Automated Retrieval
Meeting agendas and transcript recaps are added to your profile as soon as they're available on the source's website.
Instant Analysis
Every document is summarized on demand with story leads, votes, budget items, zoning actions, public comments and more.
Built for Local Journalists
Everything you need to stay on top of local government activity, from automated document collection to intelligent flagging.
Document Monitoring
Automatically track meeting agendas, minutes, resolutions, and attachments from every jurisdiction you follow.
Smart Flag Detection
AI identifies contracts, zoning changes, and personnel decisions that often signal stories worth investigating.
Team Coordination
A shared workspace with personalized alerts and centralized notes so your team never duplicates work or misses a document.
Custom Alerts
Set up keyword watches, dollar thresholds, and topic filters to get notified about exactly what matters.
Multi-Jurisdiction
Monitor city councils, county commissions, school boards, and special districts across your coverage area.
Source Protection
Your monitoring patterns and watchlists are encrypted and never shared. Your coverage stays confidential.
Alerts Where You Work
JournoHelper integrates with Slack, Teams and email so you know the instant there's something for you to review.
Centralized Paper Trails
Every agenda, minutes document and flagged item at your fingertips whenever you need them.
More Time To Report
Cut the hours spent manually reviewing documents and transcripts so you can focus on reporting.