Hey! If you just want to send us a press release or non-sensitive news tip, there’s no need for all this cloak-and-dagger stuff, you can just email it to team@rangemedia.co
We’re journalists — we want to know ALL of the dirt that needs exposure, but we want our community to stay safe, so we’re sharing a guide to help you share confidential information with our newsroom securely.
If you have information of possible interest to the public, like data or documentation regarding unethical or illegal activities by public or private entities, or something that threatens or could harm the public, we want to talk to you.
But it is important to acknowledge that tipsters and whistleblowers can face legal, economic and psychological consequences for their actions — even if it was the right thing to do. RANGE makes a big effort to maintain confidentiality, but we cannot guarantee your safety 100%. Even simply visiting this page or similar ones on other news sites may leave traceable metadata on your personal or work computer or phone.
Before leaking information to us, we recommend that whistleblowers understand the potential legal and personal ramifications of their actions and inform themselves about information security and assess risks. It’s also important for you to keep in mind that reporting takes time and that confidential tips and leaks may take months for us to fully investigate.
Visit the Electronic Frontier Foundation for surveillance self-defense tools and tips.
If you want to speak with RANGE and provide information and materials, we offer a few communication routes to help protect your anonymity. Please do not use these channels to send pitches, press releases, story ideas or feedback. Instead, please use our contact form for general correspondence.
Signal
Signal is a free, open-source messaging app that enables users to send end-to-end encrypted messages, photos, videos and some files from a phone or desktop. Signal does not preserve any metadata but requires a phone number to register. (Note: This information is retained.) The app can also be configured to allow messages to disappear after a certain period of time. More information about Signal can be found here.
RANGE’s Signal number: 509-850-0488
Protonmail
Protonmail offers free, end-to-end encrypted email addresses and does not require personal information to register. A Protonmail address allows whistleblowers and tipsters to send files of any kind to RANGE’s Protonmail address securely. More information about Protonmail can be found here.
RANGE’s Protonmail address: rangemedia4all@proton.me
The mailbox
Postal mail may be old-fashioned but it is simple and secure. Send us physical documents or digital files on USB, DVD, hard drive, etc., in an envelope with no return address on the outside of the envelope. Providing a Signal number or Protonmail address inside the envelope will help us connect with you.
RANGE Media Investigations
304 W Pacific Ave #210
Spokane, WA 99201
