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News Tips · SharpPost

SharpPost welcomes news tips, documents and evidence that serve the public interest. Please tell us, as far as you can, what happened, when and where, and what can be checked.

Please read this before you send anything

We welcome news tips that serve the public interest, including original documents, official replies, court records, photographs or video from the scene, public data and other verifiable facts. Sending material does not mean that SharpPost undertakes to report it, publish it, pass it on, act as your advocate, or give legal advice. We will judge the material independently, based on news value, the public interest, the strength of the evidence, the safety of the people involved, and legal risk.

What kinds of tips are a good fit

Public questions in politics and everyday life

Matters involving public services, labor rights, housing, health care, education, the environment or public authority. A single case may also be worth assessing as a tip if it sheds light on a wider problem.

Significant facts in finance and technology

Information about markets, industries, corporate conduct, technological development and changes in regulation — especially information that has not been adequately explained, that bears on the public interest, and that can be checked.

Documents, data and records from the scene

Original documents, official replies, court records, photographs or video from the scene and public data, with enough information about their origin and context. Please distinguish what you witnessed, what you were told, and what is your own judgment.

Follow-up and corrections to our reporting

New evidence, later developments or factual corrections relating to a story we have already published. Please include a link to the article and the specific points that need to be checked.

What to include in your email

  • A brief account of the matter: In a few sentences, say what the issue is and why it is in the public interest. You do not need to put every detail in the first email.
  • Time and place: Set out the key dates and say how you are connected to the events. You are not required to give your real name or proof of identity.
  • Evidence and sources: List the material you have, how you obtained it, and any public links that can be checked. Say which items are originals and which are prepared or redacted copies.
  • Responses you already know of: If a relevant institution or person has already replied, you may describe what was said and when.
  • Contact and safety requirements: Tell us how we may reply, and what should not be made public. Provide only the contact information you consider safe and necessary.

Please keep the original material yourself. If you send copies, you may redact personal information that is unrelated to the reporting, and you should say what you have redacted. Do not alter or destroy originals in order to make a submission. For large files, first tell us the type and size, and wait for the newsroom to confirm how to receive them; there is no need to upload them to a public cloud drive.

How to send a tip by email

Ordinary email is not an anonymous tip line. If the material could expose a source, involves personal safety, or is highly sensitive, do not attach unredacted originals, national ID numbers, home addresses or other identifying details in the first email. Assess the risk first, and agree on a suitably secure way to communicate before you send sensitive material.

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By submitting material, you understand that SharpPost will decide independently whether to check or report the matter, and that the act of sending material does not constitute a commitment to report, legal representation, or an advocacy service.

Open your email app to send a tip

This button only opens your email application; it does not send a message on its own. This page has no web form and no file-upload function. If the button does not work, copy the address above and write to us from your own email account.

Source protection and the limits of privacy

Sending us an email does not automatically publish the material on the SharpPost website. The newsroom will assess the material and any requests about contact in light of what we need to verify. Please say clearly in your message what should not be made public.

Ordinary email can leave a record of the sender’s address, the time, the fact of the correspondence and metadata in attachments, and it may be processed and stored by the email providers on both sides. Encryption in transit is not the same as anonymity or end-to-end encryption. SharpPost does not promise “absolute anonymity” or “zero risk.” Do not use a work, school or organizational account or device that may be monitored in order to send a tip.

The newsroom will decide independently whether to continue checking, making contact or reporting. We do not guarantee a reply to every submission, or a deadline for a reply. Please do not send passwords, bank-account credentials, or sensitive personal information that is unrelated to verifying the news.

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What we cannot provide

SharpPost can assess an individual case as a news tip, but we cannot provide legal representation, emergency rescue, file a complaint on your behalf, or provide administrative coordination. Do not rely on this mailbox in an emergency. If there is an immediate risk to someone’s safety, seek appropriate emergency help where you are.

A request that we simply expose a person or an organization is not a substitute for fact-checking. Unverified allegations, purely commercial promotion, and offers to pay for coverage are not what this channel is for.