In this investigative story https://www.propublica.org/article/catholic-leaders-promised-transparency-about-child-abuse-they-havent-delivered Propublica uses raw data to create a user-friendly, searchable database that goes beyond reportage for an investigative story. The database will help victims of abuse by Catholic clergy in the U.S. Currently, Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. are supposed to publish lists of clergy who are "credibly accused" of sexual abuse. That means finding information about individual priests would be time-consuming and difficult to uncover. Propublica's database allows users to search by name, or diocese. The collection of this data served the story in two ways: first, it uncovered the inconsistencies contained within the raw data itself and secondly, it provided a public service, in assisting abuse victims to use the information for healing, or confirmation or to assist in lawsuits.
