"Researching the Troubled Teen Industry" with Bellingcat Discord community member Allison Jenkins

Stage Talks with Bellingcat by Bellingcat

Episode notes

This week's live Stage Talk was slightly different, we were joined by a Discord community member/open source researcher, Allison Jenkins. Allison was speaking on an ongoing project that she was looking for support on.

Allison has lived experience of the Troubled Teen Industry and realised there was a lack of comprehensive and easy to access information on the industry for concerned parents or for potential future accountability. So over the last few years she has been building a publicly accessible information database on the institutions and companies involved in the industry, using open source techniques. At the time of the talk Allison was having difficulty finishing the project and getting it ready for public view, due to funding and resource restrictions.

If you want to help Allison with her work, join our Discord server and as ... 

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Keywords
traumamental healthopen source researchinvestigationsbellingcatopportunitydeveloperprogrammingcommunitydiscordmonitoringresearcheducationTroubled Teen Industryfunding