Who we need
The Poison.Kitchen needs you. Particularly if you're one of these type of people...
Who we're looking for now...
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A mobile-first front end web Designer with decent UX abilities for a fairly simple, but secure user story and to tie all the various things listed below together.
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Web developers with experience installing and/or administering GlobaLeaks and/or SecureDrop instances, working with Tor onion sites, Schleuder email systems, and other secure methods for transmitting messages or files.
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Web developers to build and manage building documentation sites, either in a markdown flavour or possibly building in Wagtail.
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Writers and editors to produce user guides, polish ethical guidelines for journalists and sources, and help this project look more, you know, professional.
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Digital security experts to help keep all the things locked down.
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Writers and editors with journalism or journalism industry experience, with a deep background and understanding in the area of ethics and laws around working with confidential sources.
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People who network or collaborate with diverse groups of independent, freelance journalists or specialist authors that would be ideal for this project.
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A fundraising expert or two who will the get seed money for a plucky, adversarial startup such as this.
Who we'll be looking for soon...
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Journalists or investigative reporters interested in being part of a new method of getting news tips that generate great stories you can shop to the best media outlet.
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Sources with urgent stories to tell or details to share, who don't necessarily want the world talking about them or knowing who they are.
Things we're building or doing...
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Writing an ethical framework for working with anonymous/confidential sources or whistle blowers or confidential material, based on existing best practices from around the media industry.
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Cultivating a roster of established, independent/freelance journalists from different regions who have extensive experience or expertise in areas of politics and government, sciences or technology, the corporate sector and economics, conflict and war reporting.
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Developing upon existing secure submission and contact platforms to create multiple available avenues for sources to submit materials or reach out.
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Setting up platforms and methods for material analysis and verification.
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Getting fundraising and support.
Contact
Until I implement a decently secure contact method on this page, you can reach me through one of the following methods found here.