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As journalists dealing with data and document sets, we find that the most interesting information is usually hidden in large, unstructured, and incomplete sets of documents. Especially information in public contracts: what the government is buying, how much money is being spent, and who are the suppliers. To answer these questions, four media organizations — La Nacion, CLIP, Ojo Público, and MuckRock — joined forces under the JournalismAI Collab and experimented with different machine learning tools and techniques in order to build a platform that helps investigative reporters understand and process unstructured documents to get useful insights.

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Release Notes

by Sanjin Ibrahimovic

March 25, 2025

The latest release of DocumentCloud introduces OCR injection, ensuring that OCR’d text from Textract or any Add-Ons is grafted into the underlying PDF.

Release Notes: Introducing the new DocumentCloud and version 2 of the MuckRock API

by Sanjin Ibrahimovic

January 13, 2025

The new DocumentCloud is live, featuring a faster, more consistent, and modernized user interface optimized for accessibility and performance. Alongside this, MuckRock is proud to launch version 2 of our MuckRock, offering improved authentication, efficiency, and speed. To support these updates, the new python-squarelet Python library simplifies token management and authentication for both APIs. Additionally, an IPFS/Filecoin Batch Uploader Add-On allows users to upload large document sets more reliably and efficiently.

Release Notes: A new DocumentCloud is coming. Try it today!

by Allan Lasser and Chris Amico

October 08, 2024

We’ll be releasing the experience for everyone in mid-November. Keep reading for an in-depth explanation for why we started this project, how we approached it, and how it succeeded.

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Release Notes: DocumentCloud API updates and embargo restructuring

by Sanjin Ibrahimovic

September 24, 2024

New changes have been made to both the DocumentCloud and MuckRock APIs, including that and embargoes are now restructured.

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Join us in exploring new ways to protect journalism’s most important documents for the future

by Sanjin Ibrahimovic

September 11, 2024

DocumentCloud, supported by the Filecoin Foundation, is using the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) network and Filecoin to ensure long-term preservation and distribution of documents. IPFS’s decentralized nature enhances censorship resistance and privacy, while Filecoin provides incentives for data storage and sharing. DocumentCloud’s Push to IPFS Add-On facilitates easy integration with IPFS/Filecoin for secure and enduring document access.