Vetted access only — built for journalists, freelancers, small newsrooms, and media-support nonprofits handling sensitive reporting work.
Journalist workspace

Managed research workspaces for journalists and small newsrooms.

Secure Origin gives vetted journalists a managed workspace to preserve web evidence, organize reporting data, and collaborate on documents without becoming their publisher, newsroom, or legal counsel.

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Capture
Preserve volatile web pages
Organize
Track sources, claims, records
Draft
Collaborate in private folders
Exit
Export and offboard cleanly
What this helps with

A practical workspace for reporting work before publication.

Use Secure Origin to keep research materials, structured trackers, and web captures in a managed workspace with quotas, backups, access control, onboarding, and a clear offboarding path.

Preserve volatile web pages
Capture pages before they change, disappear, or become contested. Keep research copies attached to projects and investigations.
Web evidence · claims · timelines
Organize reporting data
Track FOIA and public records requests, people, companies, agencies, source status, documents, claims, and verification steps.
FOIAs · entities · source notes
Collaborate on files and drafts
Use private project folders and browser document editing for vetted teams working through pre-publication material.
Files · drafts · access reviews
Reporting workflow

Lead with the investigation, not the apps.

The workspace is scoped around how journalists actually work: preserving evidence, structuring research, reviewing documents, and keeping project data recoverable.

Capture

Browsertrix preserves web pages for replay and reference when sources, statements, listings, posts, or documents may change later.

Organize

Baserow Core supports structured trackers for FOIAs, sources, entities, claims, documents, story status, and verification steps.

Collaborate

A managed file workspace with browser document editing gives vetted teams private project folders for drafts and working files.

Offboard

Export and offboarding are part of the scope so work can move with the journalist, newsroom, funder, or legal partner when a project closes.

What's included

Managed workspace operations, not unmanaged software access.

Each workspace is scoped around users, storage, capture/archive volume, Baserow workspaces, backup retention, onboarding, access reviews, support, and export needs.

Web capture and replay
Browsertrix for preserving and replaying pages tied to a reporting project or evidence file.
Structured reporting databases
Baserow Core workspaces for FOIA trackers, entity lists, source logs, document indexes, timelines, and verification status.
Managed file workspace
Private project folders with browser document editing, currently deployed with ownCloud 10 Community and ONLYOFFICE Docs Community.
Identity and access control
SSO/MFA where scoped, user onboarding, basic access review, and workspace access changes handled by Secure Origin.
Backups and operational care
Backup retention, monitoring, updates, recovery expectations, and clear support boundaries defined before launch.
Export and offboarding
A defined path to export files, database records, and workspace materials when a project ends or moves elsewhere.
DocumentCloud-friendly pre-publication workspace, not public embeds
Vetted access no open public signup
Operated workspace quotas, backups, access control
DocumentCloud-friendly workflow

Keep using DocumentCloud for what it does well.

Keep using DocumentCloud for public documents, review, and embeds. Use Secure Origin for pre-publication workspace, web captures, and structured reporting databases.

Secure Origin workspace
Before publication
  • Preserve web evidence before it changes
  • Track FOIAs, entities, sources, claims, and verification status
  • Collaborate on drafts and working files in private folders
DocumentCloud
Public document workflow
  • Publish documents for readers
  • Use public review, annotations, embeds, and document pages
  • Support the public evidence layer around a finished story
Boundaries

What this is not.

Clear boundaries protect journalists, sources, newsrooms, and Secure Origin. Sensitive projects can be scoped separately before any workspace is created.

Not open public signup
Access is vetted. We do not provide anonymous self-service registration for this workspace.
Not publishing infrastructure
This is not blog, CMS, newsletter, or public hosting for published journalism.
Not a DocumentCloud replacement
DocumentCloud remains the right place for public documents, embeds, and many review workflows.
Not legal advice
We operate the workspace. We do not provide legal counsel, editorial judgment, or newsroom management.
Not a source-protection guarantee
Security reduces risk, but no hosted workspace can guarantee source protection against every threat.
Not anonymous source intake by default
Tip lines and source intake require separate scoping, workflow design, and legal/editorial ownership.
Pricing

Pricing is per vetted workspace, not per app.

Tiers cover workspace users, file storage, Browsertrix capture/archive storage, Baserow workspaces, backup retention, onboarding, and support. Final scope depends on risk, usage, placement, and support needs.

Sponsored
Sponsored
For eligible journalists or small projects with funder, partner, or Secure Origin sponsorship.
$0-25/mo
Limited availability
  • Vetted access only
  • Lightweight workspace quotas
  • Basic onboarding and export path
Apply for access
Solo
Freelancer
For an individual journalist managing reporting materials across one or more active projects.
$129/mo
Per vetted workspace
  • Private project workspace
  • Capture, database, and file quotas
  • Managed backups and support
Apply for vetted journalist access
For teams
Team
Small newsroom
For a small reporting team collaborating on records, evidence, drafts, and project folders.
$399/mo
Per vetted workspace
  • Multi-user workspace
  • Onboarding and basic access review
  • Defined export/offboarding process
Scope a newsroom workspace
Project
Project / newsroom
For larger investigations, cross-organization teams, or sponsored newsroom projects.
$950/mo
Scoped by usage
  • Higher workspace quotas
  • Project-specific onboarding
  • More formal support and access process
Scope a newsroom workspace
Dedicated
High-risk
For sensitive investigations that need separate scoping, stronger isolation, or dedicated infrastructure.
$1,500+/mo
Starts at
  • Confidential scoping call
  • Threat-model-driven deployment
  • Dedicated or bespoke infrastructure options
Request a confidential scoping call
Access and vetting

Start with a short intake.

This offer is for journalists, freelancers, small newsrooms, legal and media nonprofits, and teams supporting public-interest reporting. No open registration is available.

Short intake for eligibility, project needs, and risk level
Sensitive projects can be scoped confidentially before deployment
Current implementation uses unmodified community software with upstream branding and notices retained

Need dedicated infrastructure instead?

For custom deployments, stronger isolation, private placement, or non-journalism workloads, use the Infrastructure service.

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