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This week's stage talk is focused on our new and updated toolkit! We've packed every useful open source research tool into one place to help assist new and old researchers, journalists and NGOs. Johanna Wild, who lead the project, joined us on stage to talk through the new developments. The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on Thursday September 26th 2024. Music featured is courtesy of Artlist. Join our Discord Server for the next live talk at: https://discord.gg/bellingcat Links discussed: Link to article on the Toolkit launch : https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2024/09/24/bellingcat-online-investigations-toolkit/ New toolkit: https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit Bellingcat volunteer community: https://sites.google.com/bellingcat.com/bellingcat-volunteer-community If you have questions around joining the Volunteer Community - reach out to volunteer@bellingcat.com Invid: https://www.invid-project.eu/ Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/
This week's stage talk is about a militant attack in Burkina Faso that happened in late August, in which over 100 unarmed civilians died. We explore how Bellingcat investigators went to work trying to locate and verify graphic imagery claiming to be associated with the massacre. Content warning: Discussion of civilian harm, abuse and death. The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on Thursday September 12th 2024. Music featured is courtesy of Artlist. Join our Discord Server for the next live talk at: https://discord.gg/bellingcat Links discussed: The investigation: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/09/04/burkina-faso-barsalogho-massacre-attack-jihadi-militia-military-human-rights/ (You can find the 'screenshots' referenced repeatedly in the recording in the investigation link above) ACLED: https://acleddata.com/ Wagner in Africa Discord Channel: https://discord.com/channels/709752884257882135/1054884622955184228 Detail about Chirpwire: https://disinfo.africa/inside-al-shabaabs-digital-propaganda-machine-05cbdb04ed4f Bellingcat's auto-archiver tool: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/09/22/preserve-vital-online-content-with-bellingcats-auto-archiver-tool/ How to prevent, identify and address vicarious trauma: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2018/10/18/prevent-identify-address-vicarious-trauma-conducting-open-source-investigations-middle-east/ Giancarlo's how to maintain mental hygiene as a researcher https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/11/23/how-to-maintain-mental-hygiene-as-an-open-source-researcher/ Wassim Nasr: https://x.com/SimNasr Héni: https://twitter.com/MENASTREAM/
This week's stage talk is about using open sources in environmental focused investigations. We spoke to freelance journalist Luiz Toledo about his recent work covering deforestation policy gaps. He uncovered his stories using open databases and FOIA requests. Note that Luiz's mic has some distortion in the recording. The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on Thursday August 29th 2024. Music featured is courtesy of Artlist. Join our Discord Server for the next live talk at: https://discord.gg/bellingcat Links discussed: Luiz's investigations: https://www.icij.org/investigations/deforestation-inc/ https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/desmatamento-amazonia-embargos-icmbio/ https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/criminal-gangs-are-logging-the-worlds-last-brazilwood-trees-to-make-violin-bows https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/operation-do-re-mi-the-brazilian-bow-makers-under-investigation-for-dealing-in-endangered-wood Luiz's newsletter: https://news.fiquemsabendo.com.br/ FOIA tools: https://www.404media.co/foia-forum-with-a-pacer-expert-7-31-1pm-est/ https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/ https://x.com/JasonLeopold/status/1804630789205942322 https://portaldatransparencia.gov.br/ Environmental/deforestation resources: https://brasil.mapbiomas.org/ https://infoamazonia.org/en/ https://ambiental.media/ https://dadosabertos.ibama.gov.br/dataset/fiscalizacao-auto-de-infracao https://cruzagrafos.abraji.org.br/ https://climatecrimeanalysis.org/ https://oxpeckers.org/ https://eia-international.org/
In this week's stage talk we discuss open source research methods of covering protest movements and any corresponding violent action. Using the example of recent clashes in Bangladesh, our team unpack how they go about reporting on this topic, sharing their favourite resources, techniques and advice. The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on Thursday August 15 2024. Music featured is courtesy of Artlist. Join our Discord Server for the next live talk at: https://discord.gg/bellingcat Links discussed in the recording: Investigation: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/08/07/bangladesh-overthrow-resignation-sheikh-hasina-footage-open-source Links from UN/ Amnesty on policing and weapons here: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2023/10/repression-trade/ Regarding rubber bullet usage https://www.amnesty.nl/content/uploads/2023/03/Amnesty-position-paper-kinetic-impact-projectiles.pdf Policing manual from Amnesty https://www.amnesty.nl/content/uploads/2017/01/book_1_0.pdf UN : Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/basic-principles-use-force-and-firearms-law-enforcement UN: Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons In Law Enforcement https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/HRBodies/CCPR/LLW_Guidance.pdf Bellingcat Auto-Archiver tool: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/09/22/preserve-vital-online-content-with-bellingcats-auto-archiver-tool/ Bellingcat's Search Grid Generator tool: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2024/08/05/tracking-your-search-a-guide-to-the-grid-generator/ NASA-FIRMS: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/ Bellingcat guide to NASA-FIRMS: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/10/04/scorched-earth-using-nasa-fire-data-to-monitor-war-zones/ Bellingcat's guide to maintaining mental hygiene as an open source researcher: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/11/23/how-to-maintain-mental-hygiene-as-an-open-source-researcher/
This week we were joined on stage by Sam Stecklow, from the not-for-profit newsroom The Invisible Institute. Within the talk we discussed their work on making police complaint data publicly accessible and explored their collaborative models, funding and large data projects. The talk was hosted by Giancarlo Fiorella on Thursday August 1 2024. Music featured is courtesy of Artlist. Join our Discord Server for the next live talk at: https://discord.gg/bellingcat Find the full list of links shared by Sam during the talk below: Civic Data Project Live site: http://CPDP.co Kicking the pigeon: https://invisible.institute/kicking-the-pigeon Code of Silence: https://theintercept.com/series/code-of-silence/ https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/61e475d6-97b0-4eef-8d62-23766553a041/1121846.pdf https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/02/laquan-mcdonald-shooting-a-recently-obtained-autopsy-report-on-the-dead-teen-complicates-the-chicago-police-departments-story.html https://champaign.cpdp.co/ https://invisible.institute/ypp https://invisible.institute/somebody-podcast https://chicagopolicetorturearchive.com/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/15/mauled-when-police-dogs-are-weapons https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/the-killing-of-harith-augustus/ https://www.btsurface.com/ https://chicagomissingpersons.com/ https://invisible.institute/illinois-police-data https://invisible.institute/data-access-transparency https://ipmnewsroom.org/sean-grayson-sonya-massey-sangamon-county-sheriff-misconduct/ https://www.chicagocopa.org/data-cases/case-portal/