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Tracking Arms and Armies in Syria
The Takeaway
March 29, 2013
Media
A blogger's hobby becomes a valuable war reporting tool
PRI's The World
August 27, 2014
Pioneered by people like Eliot Higgins, new social media techniques are being used by journalists to track or "geolocate" terrorists as seen in their propaganda photos and videos. For reporters locked out of dangerous conflict zones, such methods are becoming important new ways to get the story.
Media
This hobbyist-turned-journalist is a one-man digital detective agency
PRI's The World
August 29, 2014
Bellingcat is a new website for citizen journalists to do what you might call social media detective work. On the site, bloggers and journalists use crowdsourcing, geolocation and reviewing satellite images to gather intelligence in conflict zones around the world.
Conflict
'Shocking' video shows alleged chemical attack in Syria. But will it have an impact?
PRI's The World
April 04, 2017
Dozens of gruesome videos appear to show a suspected chemical gas attack Tuesday on the rebel-held Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. Will those images move the world to act against the Syrian regime?