Free datasets, support and tools for journalism
Bright Data offers a free program to support journalists’ needs to retrieve public web data.
Through our program, newsrooms and individual journalists can access OSINT tools, such as premade or custom datasets, our state-of-the-art APIs, proxies, and templated scrapers.
If you are a beginner at data collection we can handle the whole process for you, from ready-made datasets to custom-built datasets. We also have a suite of tools if you would like to gather data yourself.
How can public web data help you tell stories that matter?
We are experts at leveraging public web data- if a site is not behind a login, the information can be gathered.
A few examples:
eCommerce: Datasets from Walmart, Amazon, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot and more.
Business: Datasets from Linkedin, Glassdoor, Indeed and more.
Real Estate: Zillow, Redfin, MLS, etc.
Travel: Airbnb, Yelp, etc.
Social Media: Youtube, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.
Environment/Climate: Learn about factors affecting climate change.
Search Engines: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc. Find any information you need at scale.
Contact us with your request and we’ll talk about the data that’s available to support your storytelling.