HACK — Digital tools for journalists

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A Hack tool

Proof

Tag story drafts with evidence files. Editors verify every claim via secure, password-protected links — before publication.

Evidence tagging

Link files directly to highlighted copy using a simple bracket syntax.

Editor verification

Password-protected links let editors review evidence without a login.

Chunked uploads

Attach files up to 500MB — documents, audio, video, images.

Expiry and extension

Stories expire automatically. Extend via email link, no login needed.

Open Proof

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A Hack tool

Newsy

Automated court filing monitor. Scores and surfaces newsworthy cases across LA Superior, federal districts, and NYSCEF — before anyone else sees them.

Multi-court coverage

LA Superior, CACD, SDNY, 14 federal districts via CourtListener.

AI scoring

Claude-powered relevance scoring filters the noise, surfaces the stories.

Email alerts

Instant notifications when high-scoring filings hit the docket.

OCR pipeline

Tesseract extracts text from scanned PDFs for full-document analysis.

Coming soon

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A Hack tool

Archiver

Multi-platform investigative archiver. Capture and preserve social media profiles, posts, and evidence across X, Instagram, and Facebook — before it disappears.

X / Twitter

Profile, feed, topics, about — with full screenshots.

Instagram

Grid scroll, per-post fetch, carousel and reel detection.

Facebook

Profile, feed posts, photos, and paginated comments.

Chrome extension

Runs in your browser — no server, no setup, no trace.

Coming soon

HACK

Digital tools for journalists

Built by Josh Boswell — Chief Investigative Reporter, Daily Mail.
All tools are independently developed and owned by Josh Boswell personally.
Hack and all associated tools are not affiliated with or endorsed by any employer.

josh [DOT] boswell [AT] protonmail [DOT] com @joshtboswell