Stage Talks with Bellingcat

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• "Using AI In Investigations - To Uncover A North Korean Hiring Scam" with Craig Silverman

  October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  This week OSINT journalist and trainer Craig Silverman joined us to share how he uses AI in investigations, from prompting Claude to become a research assistant to searching with facial recognition tools. This talk specifically dove into…

• "Finding Missing Records: Looking Into The Case of An Unnamed Victim"- with Bellingcat's Peter Barth

  September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

  This week Bellingcat's Peter Barth joined us to go behind the scenes of his latest investigation into a cold case murder. This talk specifically dove into his methodology for public record requests and how this pursuit led to him finding…

• "Mapping Hate Networks Across Borders" with Bellingcat

  September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  This week Bellingcat's Michael Colborne and Pooja Chaudhuri joined us to share their experience of using network analysis techniques to study transnational hate groups. We spent the hour discussing useful research tips and exploring the…

• "Exposing Leaked Intimate Imagery Forums" with Bellingcat and The Press

  August 15, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  This week Bellingcat's Kolina Koltai and The Press' Michael Wright joined us to discuss their recent investigation into the website LeakedBB. LeakedBB was a publicly accessible forum with millions of registered users, where intimate images…

• "Inside The Membership Model" with Bellingcat's Development Team

  August 3, 2026 · 59 min

  This week, we explored how our work is funded - what keeps our open-source collective's lights on? Bellingcat's Sarah Bishop Woods and Mareike Vitt, both members of our Development Team, joined us to explain our new funding structure: a…

• "Building Environmental Investigations" with Costanza Gambarini

  July 17, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  This week, we spoke to SourceMaterial's Costanza Gambarini, fresh off her win at the Press Awards for Environmental Journalist of the Year. We spoke about what makes a good environmental journalist and the practices she follows in her…

• "Building Protective Tech- Dealing with Leaked Intimate Imagery" with Madelaine Thomas

  July 3, 2026 · 57 min

  This week, we're exploring technology designed to respond to online harms. We spoke with Madelaine Thomas, founder of Image Angel, about forensic watermarking, how the technology works, and the challenges of building tools to respond to…

• "Reporting On Hidden Networks Of Online Abuse" with CNN

  June 12, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  This week we spoke to the CNN team behind the investigation into the porn site Motherless. Anonymous accounts. Private chat groups. Hidden online communities. We unpacked how reporters gained access to these spaces, spoke with users…