Bibliograph

We are Bellingcat, global crime, online sleuths, and the bold future of news, Eliot Higgins

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We are Bellingcat, global crime, online sleuths, and the bold future of news, Eliot Higgins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We are Bellingcat

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1237603958

Responsibility statement

Eliot Higgins

Sub title

global crime, online sleuths, and the bold future of news

Summary

"In 2018, Russian exile Sergei Skripal and his daughter were nearly killed in an audacious poisoning attempt in Salisbury, England. Soon, the identity of one of the suspects was revealed: he was a Russian spy. This huge investigative coup wasn't pulled off by an intelligence agency or a traditional news outlet. Instead, the scoop came from Bellingcat, the open-source investigative team that is redefining the way we think about news, politics, and the digital future. We Are Bellingcat tells the inspiring story of how a college dropout pioneered a new category of reporting and galvanized citizen journalists-working together from their computer screens around the globe-to crack major cases, at a time when fact-based journalism is under assault from authoritarian forces. Founder Eliot Higgins introduces readers to the tools Bellingcat investigators use, tools available to anyone, from software that helps you pinpoint the location of an image, to an app that can nail down the time that photo was taken. This book digs deep into some of Bellingcat's most important investigations-the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine, Assad's use of chemical weapons in Syria, the identities of alt-right protestors in Charlottesville-with the drama and gripping detail of a spy novel."--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Revolution on a laptop -- becoming Bellingcat -- Firewall of facts -- Mice catch cat -- Next steps

Target audience

adult

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