USAID Media Release History
February 25, 2026
- Added "Faith Focused Outlets" media outlet type
- Added faith focused media outlets and coverage
February 11, 2026
- Added language filter on country page
- Added dismissable filter boxes on country page
February 10, 2026
- Added a map for each region on country page
- Expanded # of stories on country page
- Added sectors beyond health to country page
February 5, 2026
- Added charts to see stories by month to sector page
- Included 2026 stories on sector/health page
- Added year labels on month charts on all three pages
January 31, 2026
- Added charts to see stories by month to US and world pages
January 29, 2026
- Added open graph tags
- Removed stories with bad author data
January 21, 2026
- Added media type of podcasts/radio and 40+ podcasts
- Modified the mobile page to have a "Podcast" option
January 8, 2026
- Added mobile page, which lists most recent stories with no filtering
- Added bluesky link to all pages
December 29, 2025
- Added csv download button for story data
December 17, 2025
- Added Devex coverage
- Added authors for The Independent, Propublica
December 15, 2025
- "Not good for mobile" message
- Fixes for search
December 14, 2025
- Added search for media outlet and author
- Replaced US map with row chart
- Better design for story list
- Refactor three pages to share css and js code
- Added health topics to world page
December 13, 2025
- Added filtering by writer
- Added filtering by health sector
- Added health sector pills to story listing
December 10, 2025
- Added "Independent Journalism" media type for substack posts
- Enhanced filtering with URL-based state and removable filter badges
December 5, 2025
- Added navigation between US, World, and Sector pages
- Expanded World page to include non-USAID countries
November 25, 2025
- Added sector filter pills and country disbursement charts
- Consolidated country data into single scrollable table
November 23, 2025
- Launched About page with project information
- Improved country highlighting on mouseover
November 22, 2025
- Added sector filters and disbursement bar charts
November 20, 2025
- Added international stories coverage
- Display last updated date on pages
November 10, 2025
- Added language information for USAID countries
- Included other countries on US page with monthly breakdowns
November 6, 2025
- Added monthly story charts
- Added navigation menus
November 3, 2025
- Added bureau filter buttons
- Started World site for international coverage
October 15, 2025
- Each filter is a separage box on the top
- Removed opinion pieces from results
September 20, 2025
- Enabled gzip compression for faster loading
July 16, 2025
- Added entity extraction from stories
May 8, 2025
April 12, 2025
- Screen to generate letters from prompt and state/issue specific story bodies
April 4, 2025
March 23, 2025
- Made site available on github pages