Module 04 · Teaching simulator

The Dead-Drop Booth (simulator)

Practice the habits that keep sources safe and stories accurate, using fictional documents only.

TEACHING SIMULATOR ONLY · FICTIONAL CASES

This booth takes no real tips: no uploads, no ID, no camera, no messages. Nothing you do here leaves this page.
Real source intake belongs only to BB2G-MG's adult Drop, run by adult journalists. Students never handle real sources.
A safe drop verifies documents, not people. It never asks who the source is.

Training case A · Vendor maintenance invoice

INVOICE INV-2207 · Granite Ballot Systems (fictional)

Bill to: Fictional County Board of Elections

Contract: C-118

Service: Scheduled maintenance, 40 tabulators

Rate: $95.00/hour × 62 hours = $5,890.00

Date: March 14, 2026

FICTIONAL TRAINING DOCUMENT

The sender writes: “I can send my license so you know I'm legit.” What do you do?