Poligraft

Analysis: This tool will be extremely helpful to me in the future not only for reading the news but also expanding my knowledge of what's going on in the world. There are so many times while reading a news story that I want more information about a subject but either don't have access to a computer or forget to look it up after I finish reading. This tool will help the journalism world by finding connections between people and organizations that reporters may overlook. I wish that the report sidebar would provide more information for hits than it does now, however.

Summary of story: According to an article from The New York Times online, DotOrg, Google's original philanthropic organization, is not fulfilling the goals a Google founder, Larry Page, outlined in 2004.

Here are the hits Poligraft found in this story:
The story quotes Joshua Cohen, a professor at Stanford University. Seventy-five percent of campaign contributions from individuals connected with this university were for Democratic candidates. The remaining 25 percent went to Republicans.
Employees and other individuals connected with Google contributed 57 percent of their total contributions to Democrats, 12 percent to Republicans and 31 percent to other parties.

The other hits listed on the sidebar did not provide relevant information. I thought this website would provide more information about companies and individuals than simply campaign contributions, but I can see how this website would help in stories about political figures.