Journalism Core
Fifteen core journalism skills for reporting, verification, publishing, and digital investigations: AP-style writing, AI-slop detox, source verification, FOIA/OPRA and Brazilian LAI requests, fact-checking, interview prep and transcription, story pitches, editorial workflow, crisis comms, newsletter publishing, data journalism, social-media OSINT, and embedded photo metadata.
- Type
- Plugin
- Repository
- jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- GitHub stars
- 403
- License
- MIT
- Repo last updated
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source file
- journalism-core/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
- Version
- 1.5.0
- Author
- Joe Amditis
What Journalism Core is
Journalism Core is a plugin published in the jamditis/claude-skills-journalism repository on GitHub, which has about 403 stars. The repository describes itself as: “Claude Code skills for journalism, media, and academia - verification, FOIA, data journalism, academic writing, and more”
A plugin is a package that bundles skills, slash commands, subagents, hooks, and MCP connectors so they install together. Plugins are plain files with a manifest at .claude-plugin/plugin.json, and they work in both Claude Code and Claude Cowork.
Installing Journalism Core adds everything it ships in one step. Connectors inside a plugin still need to be connected separately, and hooks and subagents only run in Cowork and Claude Code, not in regular chat.
How to install Journalism Core
Claude Code
- Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- Install the plugin: claude plugin install journalism-core@<marketplace-name>, using the marketplace name from the repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.
- Restart the session if the new skills or commands don't appear straight away.
Claude Cowork
- Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace.
- Enter jamditis/claude-skills-journalism (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub).
- Find Journalism Core in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
New to extending Cowork? Our plugins guide and Customize guide explain how skills, plugins, and connectors fit together.
Inside the source file
An excerpt from journalism-core/.claude-plugin/plugin.json, shared under the repository's MIT license. Read the full file on GitHub.
Fifteen core journalism skills for Claude Code, covering reporting, verification, and publishing workflows for working journalists.
What's in this plugin
Installation
Install via the claude-skills-journalism Marketplace:
/plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
/plugin install journalism-core@claude-skills-journalismOr install individual skills directly into ~/.claude/skills/ if you prefer not to use the plugin system, see the project README.
Cross-references to skills outside this bundle
A few skills in this bundle reference siblings in other bundles. The references are advisory ("see also"), the skills work standalone if those bundles aren't installed:
- source-verification points to social-media-intelligence (deeper account analysis) and web-archiving (full archiving workflows)
- interview-prep points to web-archiving (recovering deleted social media content)
- foia-requests does not depend on other bundles
- brazil-records-requests is a companion to foia-requests (Brazil vs. US jurisdiction) and does not depend on other bundles
Maintenance
Skills are updated against current authoritative sources. Substantive content changes are documented per-skill in .superpowers/skill-design- .md files (in the parent repo, not shipped with the plugin).
Notable currency dates:
- foia-requests, citations verified May 2026 (FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 codification at 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(8)(A); NJ OPRA P.L. 2024 c.16 effective September 3, 2024)
- brazil-records-requests, citations verified against Lei 12.527/2011 and Decreto 7.724/2012 as published on planalto.gov.br
- newsletter-publishing, Gmail / Yahoo / Outlook bulk-sender requirements verified May 2026 including the November 2025 Gmail enforcement escalation to permanent 5xx rejections
- source-verification, C2PA Content Credentials adoption + deepfake detection tooling verified May 2026
License
MIT, see the parent repo LICENSE.
Before you install
- Read the whole file first. Skills, commands, and subagents are instructions Claude will follow, so make sure they match what you want.
- Check which tools, scripts, or MCP servers it uses. Local servers and scripts run with your permissions.
- Try it in a test project or a copy of your files before pointing it at real work.
- Pin the version you tested, and review changes before updating.
- Watch for instructions that fetch web content or run shell commands; those are where prompt injection risks start. See our prompt injection guide.
FAQ
What is Journalism Core?
Journalism Core is a plugin for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the jamditis/claude-skills-journalism repository on GitHub. Fifteen core journalism skills for reporting, verification, publishing, and digital investigations: AP-style writing, AI-slop detox, source verification, FOIA/OPRA and Brazilian LAI requests, fact-checking, interview prep and transcription, story pitches, editorial workflow, crisis comms, newsletter publishing, data journalism, social-media OSINT, and embedded photo metadata.
How do I install Journalism Core in Claude Code?
Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism Install the plugin: claude plugin install journalism-core@<marketplace-name>, using the marketplace name from the repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Restart the session if the new skills or commands don't appear straight away.
Can I use Journalism Core in Claude Cowork?
Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace. Enter jamditis/claude-skills-journalism (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub). Find Journalism Core in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
Is Journalism Core safe to install?
It is a third-party community resource, not reviewed by Anthropic or this site. Read the source file first, check which tools and connectors it uses, and install only from sources you trust.
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