Stage Talks with Bellingcat

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Jan 19, 2024 · 57 min
"Making Investigating Companies Easier" with George Dyer
For the first stage talk of 2024 we were joined by Bellingcat Technical Fellow George Dyer. George is a developer and an entrepreneur, he is the cofounder of Informatism, an AI and data research firm that is currently building a financial news and data platform. During his time at Bellingcat George built a useful toolkit for financial researchers and journalists. The toolkit allows users to navigate the US company regulatory database EDGAR with ease. EDGAR is free-to-access unlike many other regulatory databases in the US but is underused. Find the toolkit here And the written guide to the tools here This talk was recorded on the January 18th 2024 in the Bellingcat Discord Server. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat . Music courtesy of Artlist.
Dec 15, 2023 · 58 min
"Tracking Damage In Gaza and Other Conflicts” with Ollie Ballinger
For our final Stage Talk of 2023, Ollie Ballinger joined us on stage. Ollie is a lecturer in Geocomputing at University College London and a regular Bellingcat contributor. He is known for his development of useful tools for open-source research. In this session, he shares the details behind his latest tool, a map that allows you to estimate probable damage in a given area based upon Sentinel-1 satellite imagery and established geolocations. Researchers and organisations around the world have been using the tool adaptations Ollie has created to assess likely damage in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond. You can find a guide to what he was discussing in the talk here: https://oballinger.github.io/PWTT/paper.html and find the guide and the tool itself here: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/11/15/a-new-tool-allows-researchers-to-track-damage-in-gaza/ . The talk was hosted on Thursday the 14th of December in the Bellingcat discord server. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat . Music courtesy of Artlist.
Dec 1, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
"The Risk Of Moral Injury In Open-Source Research” with Hannah Storm
This week journalist and mental health first aider Hannah Storm joined us on stage. Hannah co-authored the first study into moral injury and the media for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. She also launched the Headlines Network, an organisation set up to create connections and drive conversations towards improving mental health in the media and communications industries. During the talk she discusses her research and provides personal guidance on how to protect yourself from harm when researching traumatic events. Hannah is not a mental health clinician, but someone with lived experience and a research background in the topic. The talk was hosted on Thursday the 30th of November in the Bellingcat discord server. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat . Music courtesy of Artlist.
Nov 3, 2023 · 55 min
”The Use Of Auto-Generated Music Videos To Fuel Hate” with Pooja Chaudhuri
This week new Bellingcat researcher Pooja Chaudhuri joined us on stage. Pooja is experienced in following the movements of far-right groups in India. For her first article for Bellingcat, Pooja investigated the phenomena of auto-generated music videos on YouTube and how some of these lyric videos were based upon songs that encourage the expulsion of muslims from India. During the talk she unpacks her research and explains why these songs could be considered dangerous. The talk was hosted on Thursday the 2nd of November in the Bellingcat discord server. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat . Music courtesy of Artlist.Link to articles:https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10/16/youtube-is-autogenerating-videos-for-songs-advocating-the-expulsion-of-muslims-from-india/Link mentioned in the talk:https://mattw.io/youtube-metadata/https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6007071?hl
Oct 20, 2023 · 57 min
”Analysing Historical Imagery with Open-Source Methods” with Annique Mossou and Foeke Postma
This week Bellingcat researchers Annique Mossou and Foeke Postma joined the Bellingcat Stage Talk stage. Both researchers have a passion for unravelling historical secrets and have recently published articles relating to old mysteries. During the talk they discussed these pieces of research (linked in this description), expressed their reasoning as to why investigating old photographs should be seen as important and revealed some of the tools and methods they used for their research. The talk was hosted in the Bellingcat discord server on Thursday 19th November 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat . Music courtesy of Artlist. Links to articles: Annique's WW2 photo album investigation: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/08/04/solving-world-war-ii-photo-mysteries-with-open-source-techniques/ Foeke's solar panel investigation: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/08/16/untangling-the-mystery-of-the-worlds-first-rooftop-solar-panel/
Sep 21, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
“The War Came To Us: Life and Death In Ukraine” with Christopher Miller
This week we spoke to Christopher Miller from the Financial Times. Chris wrote a book titled "The War Came To Us: Life and Death In Ukraine' , the book is the Bellingcat' Discord Book Club's Book of the Month for September. During the talk Chris answered the audience's questions on life and war in Ukraine and his own experiences of reporting. You can find how to purchase the book via this link: https://linktr.ee/thewarcametous The talk was hosted in the Bellingcat discord server on Thursday 21st September 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat . Music courtesy of Artlist.
Sep 15, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
"PeakVisor, a mountaineering tool useful for geolocations" with Sophie Tedling
Listen in as Bellingcat tech fellow Sophie Tedling breaks down how to use a tool, built for mountaineers, for geolocations and other open-source research purposes. She also shares her personal experience as an open-source researcher with Bellingcat's Global Authentication Project. If you have a suggestion for the developers of PeakVisor after listening to this episode you can reach out to them at https://twitter.com/PVforOSINV . This is an audio recording of a live video presentation. You can find the article Sophie continues to reference here on the Bellingcat website: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/07/13/more-than-mountaineering-using-peakvisor-for-geolocation/ You can also find out more about Bellingcat's Global Authentication Project here: https://twitter.com/bellingcatgap
Aug 25, 2023 · 56 min
"How to monitor live feeds" with Aram Shabanian
This week's Stage Talk is with Aram Shabanian. Aram works at the Newlines Institute for Strategic and Policy as the Open-Source Information Gathering Manager for the Strategy and Innovation Department. In the talk he shares details on how to monitor traffic cameras, news channels and live webcams using free to access tools. This is an audio recording of a live video presentation.The tools discussed are the following:https://vidgrid.tk.gg/ https://github.com/streamwall/streamwallhttps://www.lyngsat.com/stream/ https://world-cam.ru/ https://www.pulsepoint.org/ https://www.alertwildfire.org/https://balticlivecam.com/The talk was hosted in the Bellingcat discord server on Thursday 25th August 2023.To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat . Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Aug 13, 2023 · 57 min
“Collaborating with our discord community” with Youri van der Weide
We speak to Bellingcat researcher Youri van der weide about his latest article looking into incidents from the IDF raid of Jenin, West Bank produced alongside Bellingcat discord members. Youri discusses how the discord community members got involved in the research and how Bellingcat hope to work with our wider community in the future. The talk was hosted in the Bellingcat discord server on Thursday 10th August 2023.Please note this stage recording had a technical error causing feedback from Youri's mic in the recording.
Jul 31, 2023 · 57 min
"Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace" with Narine Khachatryan
In this Stage Talk episode, Narine Khachatryan, a Bellingcat researcher and trainer, spoke honestly to the Bellingcat discord audience about her recent experience of burnout and follow up therapy. During the talk, audience members also shared their own experiences and concerns. This talk was not intended to provide medical advice to anyone currently suffering from mental health issues but to raise awareness of the impact trauma can have on your work/life balance and to start a conversation on how we can look out for one another in the open-source research space.This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on July 27, 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat .Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Jul 31, 2023 · 58 min
"Investigating Mainstream Outlets Selling Satanist Neo-Nazi Material" with Tristan Lee
Bellingcat researcher and trainer Tristan Lee joined an audience in the Discord server to discuss his latest investigation, "The Mainstream Publishers, Distributors and Bookshops Selling Satanist Neo-Nazi Books ". Tristan unpacked what the group 'The Order Of Nine Angles (O9A)' represents and how he discovered that material affiliated to them were on sale in major bookstores. He also discussed methods of covering far-right groups as an open source researcher and how to protect yourself from harm. You can find Tristan's investigation on the Bellingcat website here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/06/30/the-mainstream-publishers-distributors-and-bookshops-selling-satanist-neo-nazi-books/?utm_source=soundcloud This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on July 13 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat.Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Jul 31, 2023 · 52 min
"Mapping the Impact of Conflict" with Aiganysh Aidarbekova
Aiganysh Aidarbekova, an investigator and researcher at Bellingcat returns to the Bellingcat discord server to unpack her recent investigation into the destruction of civilian homes and buildings along the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, following clashes between the two countries in September 2022.
Jul 31, 2023 · 51 min
"Insights At RightsCon" with Bellingcat's Researchers
Bellingcat researchers Charlotte Godart, Logan Williams, Aiganysh Aidarbekova and Tristan Lee came to the discord server to discuss their experiences of Rights Con, a large human rights conference that took place in Costa Rica at the start of June. The conference features an array of different speakers, from tech companies to government representatives to human rights defenders , with a focus particularly on human rights in a digital age.
Jul 31, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
"How Fascism Works" with Dr. Jason Stanley
Dr. Jason Stanley came by the Discord server to talk to us about his book, "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them". During the talk, Dr. Stanley provided an overview of the main ideas in his book, and began his conversation by arguing that fascism and fascist politics are experiencing an "acceleration" at the international level. Dr. Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on May 25 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat. Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Jul 31, 2023 · 57 min
"How to Teach OSINT" with Aric Toler
Bellingcat's Aric Toler came by the Discord server to talk about how to teach open source research methods. As Bellingcat's Director of Research and Training, Aric is responsible for overseeing the development of Bellingcat's teaching materials, which have reached thousands of people across the world since 2015. During his talk, Aric gave advice on how to structure lessons and activities, and answered questions from the audience. This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on May 11, 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat.Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Jul 31, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
"We are Bellingcat" with Eliot Higgins
Our guest this week was Bellingcat Founder and Creative Director Eliot Higgins. Eliot came by our Discord server to talk to us about his book, "We Are Bellingcat", and to answer questions from our community about the current state of open source digital investigations. Eliot also spoke about where he thinks the field is headed in the future. This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on April 17, 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat.Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Jul 31, 2023 · 1 hr 2 min
"Far Right Symbols" with Michael Colborne
Michael Colborne, the lead of Bellingcat's Monitoring Project, dropped by the Discord server to talk to us about a recent article in which he explained how to make sense of far-right symbols online. During the talk, Michael provided practical advice to researchers who might come across these symbols, and answered questions from the community on how to carry out this type of work. This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on April 13, 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat.Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Jul 31, 2023 · 59 min
"Websites You Can’t Access, and How to Find Them" with Alex Ștefănescu
Alex Ștefănescu spoke to us about internet censorship in the European union within the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. During her talk, Alex discussed EU Commission mandates to block Russian media outlets, which she says have had "mixed" results at best. Alex also spoke about how to monitor internet censorship.Alex is a Bellingcat Tech Fellow for 2022, and is currently a Python Developer for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. She is also an activist and advocate for human rights and digital rights in Romania.This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on March 23, 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat.Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Jul 31, 2023 · 57 min
"Tracking Ghost Ships Using Open Source Radar Imagery" with Ollie Ballinger
Ollie Ballinger spoke to us about tracking ghost ships using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and about a tool that he's built to do just that. By helping to detect ships that have turned off their Automatic Identification Transponders (AIS), the tool can help to track down illegal activities at sea, including fishing in Marine Protected Areas, smuggling, and even sanctions-evasion. Ollie Ballinger has a PhD in International Development from the University of Oxford. He is a lecturer in Geocomputation at the Centre for Advanced and Spatial Analysis at University College London, and a Tech Fellow and contributor to Bellingcat.This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on March 9, 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat.Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
Jul 31, 2023 · 1 hr
"Project Owl: The Journey into the Greater OSINT Community for New and Established Users" with Norm
Norm, the Project Owl Discord server owner, dropped by to tell us about the history of the Project Owl Community. Norm spoke to us about some of the highlights and challenges of the community over the years, and shared tips on how to become an active member of online communities like the one at the Project Owl server. Norm's talk also included practical tips for Discord server owners on how to foster healthy, welcoming communities. You can find Project Owl on Discord by visiting www.discord.gg/projectowl.This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord Server on February 23, 2023. To join the server, download discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat.Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.