Tips
Five of the best resources for journalists in Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit
The Toolkit is freely available, and contains a multitude of resources for use in areas from online verification to ship and airplane tracking.
open source
Audience & Social
Anatomy of a Twitter thread: is long-form tweeting great for journalism?
Twitter is often linked to journalism for two reasons. Firstly, its real-time nature makes it a perfect place to discover breaking news. Secondly, well, it is full of journalists. However, Twitter has been trying for a while to go over real-time and quick conversations. One of its biggest
Data
Interview with Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat
Verifying missile launchers, tracking down ISIS supporters and holding worldwide governments to account is just a day’s work for 36-year-old Eliot Higgins. Last time I met Higgins, an independent intelligence analyst, he was giving a talk about his work with Bellingcat, the investigative news network he founded
How-To
How to create a timeline using Timeline JS
Want to know how to create a timeline like this for your website? Timeline JS is a useful, easy and open-source tool that enables you to build visually rich, interactive personal timelines. If you are a beginner, you can create a timeline using a Google spreadsheet. 1. STEP ONE
How-To
How to get started with GitHub for Dummies (Journalists)
Warning: This how-to is for Mac users, since it provides information on installing Mac OS X apps. Windows is quite similar though, you'll have to google. What is GitHub? GitHub is a platform for hosting and collaborating on projects. Say you want to create a cool handmade