Press · Investigative tip lines
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Below are public tip and newsroom addresses for outlets that investigate. Copy hedidntjump.com into the message. Addresses were taken from each outlet’s public tip or contact page; they can change — check the linked site before you send.
- Seattle Times — newstips@seattletimes.com / investigations@seattletimes.com
- InvestigateWest — tips@investigatewest.org / investigatewest@proton.me
- KUOW — newsroom@kuow.org / tips@kuow.org
- Crosscut — editor@crosscut.com
- HistoryLink — admin@historylink.org
- The Oregonian / OregonLive — newsroom@oregonian.com
- The Spokesman-Review — news@spokesman.com
- Bellingham Herald — newsroom@bellinghamherald.com
- KING 5 — newstips@king5.com
- KIRO 7 — newstips@kiro7.com
- Reveal (Center for Investigative Reporting) — tips@revealnews.org / cirtips@protonmail.com
- Mother Jones — scoop@motherjones.com / cirtips@protonmail.com
- ICIJ — investigations@icij.org / contact@icij.org
- The Intercept — tips@theintercept.com
- FRONTLINE (PBS) — frontlinetips@wgbh.org / frontline@pbs.org
- MuckRock — news@muckrock.com / info@muckrock.com
- Reuters — tips@reuters.com
- Bloomberg News — tips2@bloomberg.net
- Financial Times — newstips@ft.com
- Texas Tribune — tips@texastribune.org
- Chalkbeat — tips@chalkbeat.org / national@chalkbeat.org
- The War Horse — tips@thewarhorse.org / thewarhorsenews@proton.me
- Documented — tips@documented.net
- The Marshall Project — pitches@themarshallproject.org
- Type Investigations — queries@typemediacenter.org
- Bolts — info@boltsmag.org / pitches@boltsmag.org
- Washington Post — lockbox@washpost.com / metro@washpost.com
- Chicago Tribune — tips@chicagotribune.com
- Chicago Sun-Times — tips@suntimes.com
- Forbes — tips@forbes.com
- USA Today — newstips@usatoday.com
- Seattle Times I-Team (Proton) — seattletimestips@protonmail.com
- NBC News — tips@nbcuni.com
- Chalkbeat Chicago bureau — chicago.tips@chalkbeat.org
- Chalkbeat New York bureau — ny.tips@chalkbeat.org
- Chalkbeat Colorado bureau — co.tips@chalkbeat.org
- Chalkbeat Detroit bureau — detroit.tips@chalkbeat.org
- Chalkbeat Philadelphia bureau — philly.tips@chalkbeat.org
- Chalkbeat Indiana bureau — in.tips@chalkbeat.org
- Chalkbeat Newark bureau — newark.tips@chalkbeat.org
Ordinary email is not a secure channel. Many of these newsrooms also publish Signal, Proton, or SecureDrop options on the linked tip page.
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Thirty accounts that investigate or amplify public-records and accountability work. Handles checked live on x.com before listing. Tag them with hedidntjump.com — do not invent handles.
- Jason Leopold — @JasonLeopold
- ProPublica — @ProPublica
- Reveal — @reveal
- ICIJ — @ICIJorg
- The Intercept — @theintercept
- MuckRock — @muckrock
- Seattle Times — @SeattleTimes
- Seattle Times Watchdog — @STWatchdog
- Mother Jones — @motherjones
- FRONTLINE — @frontlinepbs
- Bellingcat — @bellingcat
- Ken Klippenstein — @kenklippenstein
- Radley Balko — @radleybalko
- Ryan Grim — @ryangrim
- Glenn Greenwald — @ggreenwald
- Jameel Jaffer — @JameelJaffer
- Texas Tribune — @texastribune
- The Marshall Project — @MarshallProj
- Chalkbeat — @chalkbeat
- Reuters — @Reuters
- Washington Post — @washingtonpost
- The New York Times — @nytimes
- HistoryLink — @HistoryLink
- KUOW — @KUOW
- Crosscut — @Crosscut
- GIJN — @GIJN
- OCCRP — @OCCRP
- Documented — @DocumentedNY
- The War Horse — @thewarhorse
- Bolts — @boltsmag
Press · Instagram
Share with investigative Instagrams
Thirty Instagram accounts whose profile titles matched the newsroom or investigative outlet. Share hedidntjump.com in a DM or story — do not invent handles.
- ProPublica — @propublica
- Mother Jones — @motherjonesmag
- ICIJ — @icijorg
- Reveal — @revealnews
- Bellingcat — @bellingcatofficial
- MuckRock — @muckrocknews
- The Intercept — @theintercept
- FRONTLINE — @frontlinepbs
- Seattle Times — @seattletimes
- The Marshall Project — @marshallproj
- GIJN — @gijnorg
- KUOW — @kuow
- KING 5 — @king5seattle
- The New York Times — @nytimes
- Washington Post — @washingtonpost
- Reuters — @reuters
- Democracy Now! — @democracynow
- Prison Policy Initiative — @prisonpolicy
- PBS News — @newshour
- Freedom of the Press Foundation — @freedomofthepressfoundation
- More Perfect Union — @perfectunion
- POLITICO — @politico
- The Guardian US — @guardian_us
- Zeteo — @zeteo
- Slate — @slate
- Associated Press — @apnews
- NPR — @npr
- Wall Street Journal — @wsj
- The Atlantic — @theatlantic
- Semafor — @semafor