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Accounts

accounts.muckrock.com is where we manage access to all of our tools, including MuckRock and DocumentCloud, as well as a number of external services for journalists like Stanford’s Agenda Watch and Big Local News.

Signing up and filing your first request

How do I find my Account URL?

Advanced Account Management

📄DocumentCloud Account FAQs

📄DocumentCloud Organization FAQs

Accounts Overview (🎥 Video)

Accepting Invitations: step by step instructions on how to accept an invite to join a MuckRock Accounts organization …

• ... when you are logged in
• ... when you are not logged in
• … when you don’t have an account
• If you’re logged in, but the invitation was sent to an email address that is not already associated with you on MuckRock Accounts, you can use the edit email option in your MuckRock accounts profile to add email and verify addresses.

Classroom Tips

Creating and verifying an organization (Classroom Use)

MuckRock

Our Frequently Asked Questions page covers a lot of questions we often get, and How MuckRock Works is a great introduction to our systems. Our FOIA 101 Project is a great introduction to FOIA.

Transparency Tips and Tricks is another great place to start.

What to expect from your first request