Media Party New York

The election of George Santos to Congress—despite his fraudulent background—raised serious questions about the media's inability to vet a new wave of political candidates with unknown backgrounds. This case inspired the creation of Sunlight Research Center, a non-partisan non-profit helping local newsrooms scrutinize 2024 candidates. In this keynote I will share the lessons Sunlight has learned about the real stories hiding behind the campaign biographies, the tech needed to enable deep investigation, and what hard-pressed newsrooms require in order to do this accountability reporting.