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Secure Journalism Project

A web application designed to protect sensitive information for journalists using secure storage, steganography, and blockchain-based verification. The system combines modern frontend tools with Python backend utilities to create a simple and effective security workflow.

Overview

This project provides a platform where users can hide confidential messages inside images, verify content integrity using blockchain interactions, and interact with a fast and intuitive web interface built using Vite and React. The backend handles encoding, decoding, and blockchain operations.

Features

• Steganography for hiding messages within images
• Blockchain interaction for authenticity verification
• Modern frontend interface built with React and Vite
• Python backend utility scripts for processing data
• Fast local development environment
• Clean and expandable project structure

Tech Stack

Frontend: React, Vite, JavaScript
Backend: Python
Other Tools: Web3 libraries, Node.js, npm

Installation and Running the Frontend

Install Node.js if you haven’t already (LTS recommended). Then run:

• npm install
• npm run dev

This starts the development server and shows you the local URL.

Installation and Running the Backend

Make sure Python 3 is installed. Then run:

• pip install -r requirements.txt
• python server.py

Project Structure

• secure-journal-frontend/
• backend/
  • blockchain_interact.py
  • stegano.py
• src/
  • App.jsx
  • main.jsx
  • App.css
  • index.css
• index.html
• package.json
• vite.config.js
• README.md

Future Enhancements

• Add encryption before steganography for stronger security
• Build a friendlier UI for people with no technical background
• Add more robust blockchain verification flows
• Optional cloud backup system
• Automatic log generation for auditing purposes

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React + Vite

This template provides a minimal setup to get React working in Vite with HMR and some ESLint rules.

Currently, two official plugins are available:

• @vitejs/plugin-react uses Babel for Fast Refresh
• @vitejs/plugin-react-swc uses SWC for Fast Refresh

Expanding the ESLint configuration

If you are developing a production application, we recommend using TypeScript with type-aware lint rules enabled. Check out the TS template for information on how to integrate TypeScript and typescript-eslint in your project.