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Verified organizations are recognized by MuckRock as legitimate newsrooms, academic affiliates, and trustworthy sources of primary information. Verification unlocks additional features and adds a verified badge to your organization's profile.
Some services available with a MuckRock Account are only available to verified newsrooms. These include:
Verified organizations can also set up auto-join by email domain so team members can easily find and join the organization.
In general, we will extend verification to newsrooms, academic institutions, researchers, legal clinics and non-profits that have a track record of posting vetted primary source materials in the public interest. Verified users are expected to abide by journalistic best practices, such as those outlined in the SPJ's Code of Ethics.
DocumentCloud is intended as a tool for analyzing, annotating and publishing primary source material. DocumentCloud is not a platform designed for advocacy work or to host press releases, marketing brochures, original articles or other materials generated primarily to promote or market a cause or organization.
We prefer to verify organizations, but will also extend verification to established freelance journalists who are able to demonstrate a history of reporting for outlets that meet our verification standards.
We can also verify cross-newsroom reporting projects, so if you’re working on a collaboration that needs to be able to bring in collaborators, feel free to create an organization and request verification.
When you log in at accounts.muckrock.com, you will see your account page.
In the Verification section, you’ll be able to easily see your overall verification status. If you belong to a verified organization or have obtained an individual verification, you will see that status reflected here.
In the Organizations section, you’ll see all groups you’re a member or admin of. Most likely, you will only be a member of one or two organizations.