There are a number of different ways to contact The Marshall Project. Below, you'll find information about how to contact us for general inquiries, pitches and tips.
Send Us A Letter
Direct all mail to:
The Marshall Project
Studio Cityspire
156 West 56th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Pitch Us A Story
To pitch a freelance story idea to our editors, please email: pitches@themarshallproject.org.
To pitch a Life Inside piece, email it to lifeinside@themarshallproject.com or mail it to us at the mailing address listed above.
Media Inquiries
For all media inquiries and interview requests, contact media@themarshallproject.org.
Corrections
For any corrections, please email us at info@themarshallproject.org.
Send Us A Tip
It would be impossible for us to report on the criminal justice system without the tips we receive from readers. We want to hear from you.
However, if you have information you would like to provide, but are concerned about the potential consequences, the guide below can provide suggestions about how you can safely communicate while leaving a minimal digital trail.
If you have questions, we suggest sending us a message on the encrypted message app Signal. Our Signal handle is tmp.2014.
More information about how Signal works is listed below.
What to think about before reaching out
Sending us information may have consequences. If you’re sharing confidential information showing your employer is doing something shady, for example, being discovered could get you fired.
Unsure if that applies to you? The Freedom of the Press Foundation, a nonprofit helping media organizations keep sources safe, suggests thinking about who you might be likely to upset by sharing your information.
- What resources might they have to investigate?
- Are they likely to actually investigate?
- Do they have the time, technical, and financial resources to conduct a thorough investigation?
- What consequences could come to you if you were found to be the source?
- Would those consequences amount to a slap on the wrist or something more serious?
If you’re not concerned about communicating securely, you can reach out directly to a specific Marshall Project journalist. Their contact info and a short description of their reporting interests is listed on our staff directory.
If the answers to those questions suggest proceeding with caution, make sure you’re not doing anything related to sending us information on a device provided to you by the organization you’re sending information about, and read on to learn about ways to reach out safely.
How to safely share information with us
Use snail mail. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stop the United States Postal Service from being one of the best ways to give us information. This method works not only for paper documents, but also for digital information stored on a USB drive.
We suggest using First-Class Mail because letters sent first-class receive extra constitutional protection and cannot be opened in transit without a search warrant. We suggest not including a return address on the outside packaging and sending from a street USPS mailbox not located in close proximity to your home or office.
You can send us mail at the mailing address listed above.
If you'd like to direct your message to a particular journalist, you can also include their name on the envelope and the message will be routed to them.
Send us an encrypted message. Signal is a messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption, which means that only the sender and receiver of the message are able to decipher the contents. It also lets you set messages to be automatically and permanently deleted after a certain period of time — erasing any record of the conversation on your device. Unlike other messaging platforms like WhatsApp, the people who run Signal do not track who is sending and receiving messages through their app.
If served with a government subpoena, the nonprofit company behind Signal would not be able to turn over any information other than the date an account was created and when a user last logged into the app. The company cannot, for example, provide information about who you were communicating with.
Signal can also transfer files, but it does have size limits for what can be sent. If you’d like to send us an especially large file, coordinate with us about how to do it over Signal.
To send us a Signal message, download the app (or use the Apple or Android app stores). Our Signal user handle is tmp.2014. We do not monitor Signal messages 24/7, but if you send us a message, we will get back to you as quickly as possible.
If you feel your information would be best handled by a specific reporter, many Marshall Project journalists list their Signal usernames on their bio pages, which can be accessed through our staff directory. While Signal can send messages via someone’s username or their phone number, we recommend usernames, instead of phone numbers, to securely contact Marshall Project journalists.