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Editorial Core
Full Newsroom CMS
Drafts, editorial status, scheduled publishing, contributor bylines, revision history, correction notes, and article-level audit trails.
Platform Roadmap // Next Evolutions
Witness Desk Futures
DirectionTurn Witness Desk from a publishing surface into a full public-interest operating system.
ConstraintEvery evolution should protect sources, clarify claims, and make editorial accountability easier to inspect.
SignalBuild tooling that helps a small desk behave with institutional memory.
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Source Protection
Evidence Locker
A private upload vault for documents, video, photos, links, hashes, source notes, metadata, and chain-of-custody records.
03
Public Intake
Tip Intake System
A structured tip form with optional anonymity, contact preference, source-risk flags, attachment handling, and triage queues.
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Field Publishing
Dispatch Composer
Fast field-note publishing with photos, YouTube embeds, source links, location tags, drafts, and publish controls.
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Geographic Context
Public Signal Map
A map layer for verified reports, photo locations, public events, active investigations, and EchoLink featured markers.
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Long-Arc Reporting
Investigation Pages
Case hubs that gather timelines, articles, dispatches, documents, maps, people, organizations, and status updates.
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Publishing Safety
Media Rights Workflow
Track photographer, copyright owner, license, sensitivity, approval for article use, public visibility, and takedown status.
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Audience Loop
Subscriber Layer
Newsletter signup, topic and location alerts, members-only notes, supporter profiles, and exportable mailing lists.
09
Network Reach
Cross-Platform Syndication
One publishing pass for RSS, email digest, social snippets, press releases, EchoLink surfaces, and SyncroTel network placements.
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Public Accountability
Corrections Ledger
A public record of corrected claims, original context, editor notes, dates, reasons, and linked impacted stories.
Novel Evolution // Knowledge Infrastructure
Witness Graph
Witness Graph connects people, places, events, claims, documents, photos, tips, articles, and timelines into a living map of public-interest evidence. Editors get a private investigation graph for pattern-finding. Readers get a public version that answers the most important question: what is connected to this?