Day 2 of #WorldServicePresents is jam packed with #OSINT super stars:

1️⃣ Daniel Adamson from BBC Eye investigations + Aliaume Leroy, Runako Celina, Osman Kaytazoglu

2️⃣ Spencer Kelly chats to Eliot Higgins Malachy Browne Alison Killing, Victoria Arakelyan

Tune in here ⬇️
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Stunning documentary from #BBCEye on the disappearance and killing of 16-year-old Nika Shakharami by Iranian security forces. We investigated her final hours in this 2022 report: edition.cnn.com/2022/10/27/mid…

Extraordinarily detailed and important investigation into the murder of 16 year-old anti-regime protester Nika Shakarami by Iranian security forces in 2022.

Deserves to be widely read/watched. Amazing work ⁦Bertram Hill⁩, Michael Simkin & #BBCEye bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

The construction of the floating pier being built by the US military off the coast of Gaza will cost the US approximately $320 million, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Monday. Background: cnn.com/2024/04/25/pol…

We tracked an IDF combat engineering unit as they moved across Gaza, using social media and satellite imagery to build a picture of where they went, what they demolished and why.

By their own count, they destroyed hundreds of homes.

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This accompanying article also provides additional analysis and evidence bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

Our long form documentary with Scripps News tracking the destruction being wrought across Gaza, using on the ground reporting and open source investigation to identify the scale of destruction and the perpetrators. youtube.com/watch?v=Nz9q8d…

Joined Jake Tapper on The Lead CNN to talk about our new documentary.

Tune in Sunday 8p ET: MisinfoNation: The Trump Faithful on CNN
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The value of OSINT is finding evidence-based fact. The scientific method transparently applied to journalistic questions. Recent errors by major newsrooms & sloppy posters risk diminishing the form. A timely list of bad practices by Bellingcat: bellingcat.com/resources/2024…

Important piece on rising anger at Hamas in Gaza. “I pray every day for God to punish the one who brought us to this situation,” says one man. “I pray every day for the death of Sinwar.” ft.com/content/c529a3…

The reporting and video cited here raises again a discrepancy in the Abbey Gate attack: While U.S. military investigators say there was no complex attack, numerous rank-and-file Marines who were there say they took and returned gunfire after the explosion.

EXCLUSIVE: New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines the Pentagon's account of an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport during the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.

Full report here: edition.cnn.com/2024/04/24/wor…

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Exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of our first ever CIR Open Source Film Awards at the journalism festival with Centre for Information Resilience. So much humbling talent seen on display. Livestream here: youtube.com/watch?v=RW_41w…

Let's take a look at the winners, seen in the thread below 👇

Full room for Sam Dubberley, Dr. Manisha Ganguly, Nick Waters & Megha Rajagopalan’s panel on “War crimes investigations and accountability using open source techniques” at journalism festival.

Some time was spent discussing the limitations of #osint , how it isn’t a “magic bullet” and still needs to…

Hello International Journalism Festival Perugia! See you today at 1400 talking accountability for war crimes with open source evidence, with the best minds #ijf24 #OSINT

The World Press Photo of the Year is ‘A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece’ by mohammed jad salem, Reuters.

The jury was deeply moved by how this image evokes an emotional reflection in every viewer and offers a glimpse into unimaginable loss.
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Perugia’s Auditorium San Francisco stands as one to applaude and salute the courage and witness of MoTaz. #ijf24