Trevor Brown
Investigative journalist + developer + data visualizer
I spent 15+ years chasing public records and holding power accountable.
Now I build production web applications that turn complex data into clear, usable tools — from client dashboards and news aggregators to a personal data platform processing 200,000-plus records.
My work sits at the intersection of investigative reporting, data visualization and modern web development. My goal is to tell important stories and build tools to make public records more public.
Web Projects
Production sites and open-source tools — from tracking $4.2B in executive branch stock trades to archiving press releases from all 535 members of Congress.
Open Cabinet
Financial Disclosure Tracker for U.S. Executive Branch
Public tracker for U.S. executive-branch stock trades — 34 cabinet officials, 9,800+ transactions, $4.2B in trade volume parsed from OGE filings into searchable, structured data.
Delegation Decoded
Congressional Accountability, Organized by State Delegation
Congressional tracker for all 535 voting members organized by state delegation — votes, bills, committees and campaign money pulled from official federal data sources into one Postgres schema.
Capitol Releases
Congressional Press Release Archive — Updated 4x Daily
Archival-grade database of every press release from all 535 members of Congress since January 2025 — 90,000+ records, four daily updates, deletion tombstones, public run history.
News Pulse
Open-Source News Monitor
Real-time global news monitor for journalists and OSINT analysts — 475 vetted sources across Bluesky, RSS, Telegram, Reddit, YouTube and Mastodon, surfaced through frequency-based surge detection rather than engagement ranking.
Keith Brown DDS
Production Dental Practice Site + Admin Dashboard
Production dental practice site in Naperville that more than tripled new patient bookings. I manage SEO and optimize a $2,000/month Google Ads campaign directly.
Still in the Loop
AI-Assisted Newsroom with a Human Always in the Loop
A source-tracked, human-reviewed AI newsroom covering the AI industry — frontier labs, developer tools and policy. Agents draft stories and track every source; a human journalist edits and approves each one before it publishes.
Data Journalism
15-plus years of investigative reporting across Oklahoma, Wyoming, Indiana and Virginia — from statehouse coverage to data-driven investigations that changed state policy.
Awards
Data Visualizations
As Some Oklahoma Churches Push Vaccines, Others Sow Misinformation, Doubt
Hundreds of Bills Passed the Legislature. Just a Dozen Were Authored by Democrats.
Amid COVID-19, Some Hospitals Continue Suing Patients Over Unpaid Bills
Which State Lawmakers Have the Biggest Campaign War Chests?
Lost in the Pandemic: Oklahoma COVID-19 Digital Memorial
Oklahoma Candidate & Legislator Financial Disclosures
Experience
Selected Investigations
The Misinformation Election: Lies, Conspiracy Theories Prominent in Many Races
Twenty Years After It Became a Crime, Racial Profiling Charges Remain Scarce
With Little Notice, Hospitals Sue Thousands of Oklahomans Over Unpaid Bills
Memo: Troopers Must Hit Numbers
Questions Remain Around Cleanup of Former Nuke Sites Near Cheyenne
Where Dark Money Flowed in Oklahoma's Legislative Races
Contact
Open to freelance projects, consulting and full-time opportunities
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I work best where data meets design — elections dashboards, news applications, interactive storytelling, data visualization or any project where complex information needs to be clear and usable.
I'm open to full-time roles and freelance work. If you need someone who can build the thing and explain the thing, reach out.