April 12, 2015
On April 4, 2015, a police officer named Michael Slager of the North Chaleston Police Department shot and killed Walter Scott as he attempted to flee from the officer. The case has made national headlines in the United States and has been picked up in international media as well. Since the shooting, several major events…
March 18, 2015
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
Bashar al-Assad and his regime are suspected to be behind the disappearance of many thousands of persons in recent years, many of whom are presumed to have been tortured and killed. Following prisoners’ deaths, a team of forensic photographers would be dispatched to document the bodies of the victims of the Assad regime. Defectors have…
March 3, 2015
When working on open source and social media investigation there’s occasional images that at first seem as if they would be impossible to verify. The following picture, showing a 9S470 Self Propelled Command Post, was shared with us on Twitter.
January 27, 2015
Just three hours after the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), a picture was published on Twitter that appeared to show a ropeway on the horizon between “Lutugina” and “Tsof” in the area of Torez, which is close to Snizhne. The timestamp of the tweet suggests it was sent at 9:23 AM on 17…
December 19, 2014
This article is available in French here. Earlier this week a video was posted online showing Tunisian Jihadists claiming responsibility for the murders of two Tunisian secular politicians in 2013. It was claimed that the video was filmed in territory controlled by the Islamic State, and using a variety of geolocation techniques it is possible…
December 10, 2014
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
Follow the Money – Investigations and the Storyful Video Archive. David Clinch, Executive Editor of Storyful, explains the Storyful model and the public-service potential of its archives.
December 10, 2014
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
A Fresh Look at Libel Insurance. Stuart Karle, General Counsel of North Base Media, explains the past, present, and possible future of libel and media insurance.
November 25, 2014
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
Near Misses: Tools that Almost Worked. Sarah Cohen, Pulitzer-winning Reporter and Editor at the New York Times and President of IRE, explains why so many tools for journalists almost worked — but didn’t quite — and what we can do about it.
November 25, 2014
By Bellingcat Investigation Team
In War and Pieces – Social Media Investigations Eliot Higgins looks at Bellingcat’s investigation into the missile launched linked to the downing of MH17, and the role social media investigation played in that research.
November 8, 2014
One of a series of videos that shows a convoy containing the Buk linked to the downing of MH17 was reportedly filmed near the town of Millerovo. The following demonstrates how it’s possible to use a combination of satellite map imagery and Google Street View imagery to find the exact location the video was filmed….
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