Investigations and documents
Anything sensitive, including material you would rather not attach to a regular email. Ask first and we will tell you the safest way to send it.
Lead editor
Brooklyn newsroom · Mon–Fri, 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
Send it to the desk
Give readers, sources, and partners a clear way to reach the newsroom with tips, corrections, or general questions. Every message lands on a real desk in Brooklyn and is read by a person, not a queue.
Story tips
Documents, leads, or something you saw on your block. Tell us what you know and how we can check it.
Corrections
Spotted a wrong date, name, or figure? Send the story link and the detail that needs fixing.
Everything else
Partnerships, press questions, reprint requests, or a note about something we got right.
Desk routing
Where your message goes once it arrives
The newsroom is small. Almost every note is read the same day it arrives, and the desk answers in the order it was logged. Pick the line that matches what you are sending so it reaches the right editor first.
Technology and business tips
Product launches, funding news, labor disputes, or a company behaving badly in your industry. Names, dates, and a way to verify help most.
Business desk
Policy, city hall, and the boroughs
Council votes, hearings, permits, and the local rules that change a block faster than a headline does. Brooklyn and Queens leads especially welcome.
Politics desk
Sports and community
Scores, schedules, league disputes, and the people behind the teams. If you run a league or a club, tell us what is coming up.
Sports desk
If you are not sure where something belongs, send it to the general inbox and say so. Routing it is our job, not yours, and a misfiled tip still gets read.
Reach the desk directly
Email is the fastest route and the one we check first each morning. Phone is best for something time-sensitive that will not wait for a reply.
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Email
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Newsroom
354 E 31st St, Brooklyn, NY 11226, USA
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Visits by appointment.
What happens after you write
We read everything. What follows depends on what you sent.
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It reaches a person the same working day
Notes that arrive overnight are read the next morning. Nothing sits in an unmonitored inbox over the weekend.
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An editor replies if there is a next step
If we need documents, a follow-up call, or a name we can call back, you will hear from the desk. If we cannot pursue it, we still try to say so plainly.
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Corrections are logged and published
When we get a fact wrong, the fix is noted at the foot of the story so readers can see what changed. Send the link and the exact detail.
Please do not send anything you need back immediately. If a deadline is pressing, phone the desk and say what the timing is.
Before you hit send
Four things that make a tip usable
None of these are required. A plain message that says what happened, where, and when is enough to start. These are simply the details that save a day of back-and-forth.
If your note touches on technology, business, or policy, say which one up front. It routes faster than a general message and reaches the editor who already follows the beat.
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Who is involved
A company name, an agency, a title, a role. Even a partial name gives the desk somewhere to start looking.
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Where and when
A cross street, a building, a date, a meeting. Local New York details are the easiest for us to check firsthand.
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How you know
Were you there, did someone tell you, or is there a document behind it? One line about your source is enough at this stage.
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How to reach you
An email or a phone number, and whether we may name you. Anonymous tips are read, but a way back to you always gets further.
Write to us
One note is all it takes
Use this form for tips, corrections, and general questions. It goes to the same inbox as the email address above, so pick whichever you find easier.
You do not need to have the whole story worked out. Tell us what you know and what you would like us to look into, and the desk will take it from there.
In person
Elisha Yong Journal
354 E 31st St, Brooklyn, NY 11226, USA
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. The door is staffed on weekdays, but please write or call before you visit.
Find the newsroom
We are on East 31st Street in Brooklyn, a short walk from the Church Avenue trains. The office is on the ground floor and the entrance faces the street.
Drop-ins are welcome during weekday hours, but the desk is often out reporting. A quick note before you come saves you a wasted trip, and it guarantees someone is there to meet you.
Address
354 E 31st St, Brooklyn, NY 11226, USA
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Questions we get most
Short answers to the things readers and sources ask before they write. If yours is not here, send it in and we will reply.
Get the newsletterCan I send a tip without giving my name?
Yes. Write "no name" in the name field and leave out anything that identifies you. Anonymous notes are read the same way as signed ones, though an editor cannot come back with follow-up questions if there is no way to reach you.
How do I request a correction?
Choose "A correction" in the form and include the story link, the sentence that is wrong, and the detail that should replace it. If you have a source for the correct version, attach it. Fixed stories carry a note at the foot saying what changed.
Do you take press releases and pitches?
Yes, and we read them. A short note with the news, the date it matters, and one contact who can answer questions works better than an attachment. We do not promise coverage, and we do not run material as written.
Is my message confidential?
We treat tips as private correspondence and share them only with the editors working on that story. What we cannot do is promise protection we have not set up, so for anything genuinely sensitive, ask first and we will agree on a channel before you send it.
Can I republish an article?
Write to the desk with the story link and where it would run, and we will tell you what is allowed. Short quotes with a link back are fine without asking. Full reprints need a yes from us first.
How long does a reply usually take?
Most messages get a reply within one to two working days. If you have heard nothing after three, send a short nudge with the original note quoted underneath. Overnight and weekend messages are answered from the next weekday morning.
While you are here
The desk reads tips against what the paper already knows. If you are sending something about technology, business, policy, sports, local New York, or world events, you may find the beat already covered and the right person easier to name.