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The article features the top stories posted online at #MuckReads in ProPublica's website. It cites an article on the expulsion of low-income students who were illegally enrolled in wealthy school districts. It mentions that 12 people from India with information access have been killed since January 2011. It adds that 100,000 dollars was spent by U.S. Presidential candidate Herman Cain for his political campaign which came from Herman Cain Inc.

The article presents information on the articles published online on the websites of various periodicals including Washington Post, huffingtonpost and voiceofsandiego. These articles inlcude "Child Identity Theft Takes Advantage of Kids' Unused Social Security Numbers" on www.washingtonpost.com, "Housing Commissions's 'Trojan Horse'," on www.voiceofsandiego.org and "Child Identity Theft Takes Advantage of Kids' Unused Social Security Numbers" on www.huffingtonpost.com.

The article reports on the new feature of ProPublica, a nonprofit organisation, named #MuckReads which enables users to share essential accountability reporting with the reporters. It states that the aim of launching this is to do journalism that has real-world impact. It further informs that #MuckReads was inspired by Mark Armstrong's @Longreads for accountability journalism on the Web.

The article encourages readers to submit questions thorough Internet to participate in a live chat with the reporters who have investigated 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices and published the report "The Real "CSI": How America's Patchwork System of Death Investigations Puts the Living at Risk."

The article announces the requirement for a long-time resident of Alaska or a Alaska Native Corporations shareholder to report on issues related to Alaska natives.

The article invites readers to share their knowledge or views on any issue, their education or their work experience.

The article invites readers to share any information or their experiences related to the difficulties that borrowers face in proving that they are unable to work and in getting forgiveness for their student loans. It states that reporter Sasha Chavkin is investigating the challenges confronting borrowers of education loan who become disabled.

The article offers information a partnership between ProPublica Reporting Network and American Public Media's Public Insight Network.

The article presents questions and answers related to the journal "Pro Publica," including collaboration of the journal with APM's Public Insight Network, another on how to join the Public Insight Network, and one on how to unsubscribe.

The article offers information on the American Public Media's Public Insight Network for journalism.

The article invites feedbacks from the readers on an article on the professional misconduct of doctors, which was published in a previous issue.

The article evaluates the database management software Dollars for Docs from the periodical "ProPublica."

The article evaluates the Mechanical Turk (mTurk) online data processing software from Amazon.Com Inc.

The article offers information on an online marketplace called Mechanical Turk (mTurk), designed by the online shopping site Amazon.Com Inc. On mTurk, people can hire workers for simple tasks like transcribing interviews, copying data from charts, and locating missing individuals through satellite images.

The article offers information on a vacancy for distributed reporting and social media internship with the journal. It mentions the eligibility criteria for the applicant, along with the details for application submission. The intern will be hired for working with director of Engagement, Amanda Michel in New York State.

The article offers information on the introduction of BP Claims Tracker system by BP PLC in the U.S. This system has been formed to keep the record of compensation paid by the company to the claimants who suffered losses due to its oil explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility Kenneth Feinberg has assured claimants of updating claims tracking system as per the requirement.

The article presents information on BP PLC spill claims project, in which 10 news organizations are participating, including the Biloxi Sun Herald, The Florida Independent, The Texas Independent, and The Texas Tribune. The goal of the BP claims project is to hear from maximum number of people who have filed damage claims with BP.

The article offers information on the BP Claims reporting project launched by the journal to investigate the handling of 140,000 claims filed for damages from the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in 2010 in Gulf of Mexico. It is said that almost a dozen newsrooms have joined the project since its launch. Other newsrooms can get involved by linking to the form on the journal's site where readers share their stories.

The article invites readers to furnish details on the oil spill compensation claim filed against BP PLC.

The article reports on the progress made by BP PLC in execution of the compensation claims operation to pay for the damages from the Gulf oil spill. It reports that company has succeeded in meeting only 1 percent of compensation claims as against 20 billion dollar set aside to meet damages. Kenneth Feinberg has been appointed as administrator to take over the claims process from BP. Readers are invited to share details of their claim experience with this journal.

A correction to the article related to states that have adopted laws that restrict freedom of information requests to state citizens only that was published in the previous issue is presented.

The article focuses on the ongoing work of Juliana Keeping, a reporter for AnnArbor.com, in Michigan.

A list of features and news offered by ProPublica of the U.S., is presented including those on multimedia, document dive, and online resources.

The article presents information on U.S. Representative John Boehner, House Minority Leader.

The article focuses on the findings of the journal's Super Bowl Blitz, that aims to figure out that which U.S. Congressmen are attending the 2010 Super Bowl. They are Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana, and Steve Scalise, Republican of Louisiana. The author, on behalf of the journal, states that several congressional offices refused to comment to their volunteers' questions.

The article presents information on the journal's Super Bowl Blitz, that aims to find out the U.S. Congress members, who are attending the 2010 Super Bowl.

The article presents information related to the Super Bowl Blitz of ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative newsroom, in the U.S. The effort aims to find out which Congressmen are attending the Super Bowl. Replies received by the journal, along with suggestions for tackling the common, noncommittal replies from the politicians, are presented.

The article reports that the journal was awaiting a response from New Mexico's two senators and three representatives on whether they would be attending the 2010 Super Bowl.

The article reports on nonprofit journalism MinnPost coming on board with the periodical to figure out which of the Minnesota's senators and representatives will be attending Super Bowl.

The article reports that Malia Zimmerman, editor and co-founder of "Hawaii Reporter," newspaper will be investigating which legislators from Hawaii will be attending the 2010 Super Bowl.

The article reports on InvestigateWest, an independent non-profit investigative newsroom investigating the members of the U.S. Congress attending the 2010 Super Bowl.

The article reports on the Orange County Register joining the periodical's quest of investigating the congressional members attending the Super Bowl.

The article reports on the periodical's column Did they attend Super Bowl 2009?, where NA is put next to the U.S. senators who aren't seated yet.

The article reports on journalists like California Watch reporter Chase Davis launching an effort to find out the members of the U.S. Congress attending the 2011 Super Bowl. It states the National Football League (NFL) sets aside tickets for the Super Bowl for public officials, which can be used to give congressmen perks. It reports on the rumors of the U.S. legislator John Conyers attending the Super Bowl.

The article reports on journalists including Malia Zimmerman, Gardner-Smith and Lara Cooper helping the periodical to find out the members of the U.S. Congress who will be attending the 2011 Super Bowl. It states the National Football League (NFL) keeps tickets for public officials which can be used to give congressmen perks. It states the members that are rumored to attend the Super Bowl, are in the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees.

The article offers information on Super Bowl, U.S. most expensive sports spectacle. It states the event has been used by the U.S. congressional candidates to form influential ties that helps them raise money for their political campaigns. It is asking the periodical's readers to find out who all members of the U.S. Congress will be receiving tickets for the Super Bowl from the National Football League (NFL).

The article presents information on unemployment insurance system of U.S. states. The unemployment insurance system is going through crisis. As reported earlier, 25 states have borrowed funds from the federal government with nine more states following which include Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Tennessee and Vermont. The taxes have been raised to 1,000 dollars per employee. The unemployment checks have been cut by 2.4 percent in Pennsylvania.

The article presents information on using ProPublica's unemployment insurance tracker for developing a story. It is an application to show the state funds crisis and their poor preparation to face it. Till January 2010, 25 states have run out of money and borrowed from the federal government while nine states are following. To get data for any state, the state in the application is to be clicked. The data is under a Creative Commons license due to which it cannot be separately sold.