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forensic journalism, now that is an interesting concept. The media are highly protective of their sources with some who have even gone to jail to protect their sources' identities. Forensic means scientific methods used to investigate crime to ultimately prosecute. With the conundrum of source protection, are we to see an upswing in journalists or media houses prosecuting crimes?

A really useful example of how integrating open source techniques into journalism entirely changes what's possible in terms of the strength of that work. Open source (OSINT) supports transparency and accountability, builds trust and fights polarisation by breaking through the layers of contempt with inalienable facts. Benjamin S., our Director of Investigations, worked on one of the key examples used in this video – Anatomy of a Killing – which is a striking example of what applied OSINT can do. In the investigation, Ben and the BBC Africa Eye team used OSINT to counter initial 'fake news' claims regarding a video circulating on social media that showed two women and two young children being led away at gunpoint by a group of Cameroonian soldiers. The captives were blindfolded, forced to the ground, and shot 22 times. Thanks to this investigation, BBC Africa Eye was able to counter the fake news claim by proving exactly where this happened, when it happened, and who is responsible for the killings. Powerful work. Our work at Centre for Information Resilience focuses on using these techniques to, in part: carry out investigations of this kind; to work across the world with media and civil society partners to share skills that increase the integration of these types of techniques into journalistic and human rights work; and to work with other partners on collaborative projects that strengthen the integrity of our information and communication ecosystem. If we want to live in a world where we know what information we can trust, we should be using OSINT.

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Great to have collaborated with Pauline Renaud, PhD on this important topic. Check out our paper on the link below https://lnkd.in/dRKNWxhg

Just completed the Reuters Training Course:- Introduction to Digital Journalism.

On November 30 I completed the Reuters online course: digital journalism. in this course I learned how to operate online media journalism, starting from digital news gathering, verification and reporting, effective publication on social media and the health and resilience of journalists in online media.

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Learned a lot of things on rapid changing nature of Digital Journalism.