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MuckRock 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.

How do I: find my Account URL?

How do I: update billing

How do I: change my username?

How do I: add a new admin?

Advanced Account Management

📄DocumentCloud Account FAQs

📄DocumentCloud Organization FAQs

Accounts Overview (🎥 Video)

Accepting Invitations

How do I: Request Verification

Classroom Tips

Creating and verifying an organization (Classroom Use)

MuckRock Requests

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.

Signing up and filing your first request walks you through the basics of getting started filing on MuckRock.

What to expect from your first request

Goes into a little more detail on how we file — this can help understand what you need to do vs what we’ll do for you.